A Happy Ending

Remember the post I did on the huge family Bible, that was in my office?

Well, in January, I received this email:

Hello

I'm the granddaughter of Louis Hirschbek and my father was their first born in 1930. I would be honored to be the keeper of it. I have one of the violins he handmade for my dad and the bible he gave my dad when he was a child.

Thank you for posting it on your blog for one of us to find.
Jan

I couldn't believe it!

I wrote Jan for her address and sent it along to her.

She then honored me by sending along some pictures of her with her grandfather, Louis.

You can just see how proud he was of his grand baby.

Doesn't he look like the kindest man?

He was also extremely talented.

Just look at the violin he handmade and carved in 1931:

Gorgeous, isn't it?

Sadly, Jan lost him when she was only 8 years old, but thankfully while doing research on him, she came across my blog and now has another piece of their family history that she can treasure.

And I couldn't be happier for her.

In case you want to learn more about Louis, there's an article about him that you can read 'here'.

And here he is with his beautiful wife, Agneta:

Now the Hirschbek Family Bible is back in Jan's hands and I made a new friend ;)

Thank you so much Jan for sharing your story with me and for sending all these pictures for me to share with my readers.

I know you'll treasure that Bible forever :)

I never thought in a million years that it would find it's way home.

Blogland is an amazing place sometimes.

Don't you just love a happy ending? 

I sure do :)

xo

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