For most of her adult life, Dara Kurtz kept a Ziploc bag of letters
written by her mother who passed away from cancer when she was
twenty-eight years old. The bag also included other letters written by
her long-departed grandmothers. These letters gave Dara a glimpse into
their lives and personalities at the time the letters were written. They
offered her so much wisdom and relevance and taught her so many
beautiful, life lessons that Dara decided to share their story, the
incredible love between Jewish mothers and daughters, and the wisdom
passed on from one generation to the next. As a mother, Dara has passed
down these family traditions and wisdom to her two daughters, who now
carry on the legacy contained in the Ziploc bag bridging the generations
of women in their family. She unexpected discovered that this is best
done through the lens of love and through the hand-written word.