with emotional potential, too likely to devolve into recriminations or manipulative pleas.
Electronic transmission felt impersonal for something so significant.
Traditional mail seemed too easily ignored or discarded.
“I’ve decided on a specific approach,” I told her. “Jonathan is helping me arrange it.”
The following morning, after Helen and I enjoyed breakfast on the dock, I drove to a local print shop to create a carefully curated presentation of the essential documents from my father’s collection.
The result was a bound portfolio—professional, objective, neither accusatory nor apologetic in its organization.
