Dear Santa

The year was 1936. A mother had a child out of wedlock but would tell no one in her family. She named the child Ellen. The mother had no idea what to do. A nurse, Ru th, found the new mother in tears and offered to help. She arranged for her parents to take care of the child until the mother could get things in order. She never came back for the child. Ruth's parents, Jesse and Evertt, never formally adopted Ellen but raised her as their own. This is where I skip a very great part of Ellen's story.

Ellen married Ted in 1956 and Ted became part of Ellen's family. Ted must have impressed someone because "out of the blue" in 2010 he received a call that he should contact Met Life Insurance. It seems he was named contingent beneficiary on an annuity life insurance policy purchased around 1970 by Ruth on her daughter, Pamela. Pamela had twin girls around 1967. The primary beneficiary was Ruth. Ruth died around 1980. Pamela died around 1990. Met Life finally found me in 2010. I'm suprised that Ruth didn't name one of her sons as contingent beneficiary. Anyhow I contacted Met Life, received the money for the annuities issued 40 years ago and sent one half to each of the twins.

Merry Christmas!