Here's a find that blasted me back to the past: an email from my Mom I haven't seen in more than 20 years, written right after she first read Mom's Cancer.
When I set up Mom's Cancer as a webcomic, the domain came with a free email address that I used for a brief time before switching to another. I was doing some Internet archaeology yesterday when I found that forgotten email account, which still has 68 emails from mid-2004 sitting in it, including hers.
Other emails are from friends, some who are still friends (Hi, Nancy!) and a couple who are dead (RIP Ronniecat). Some are from journalists asking for interviews, others from readers sharing their own cancer experiences. They comprise a fragmentary time capsule of the weeks when Mom's Cancer began to catch on and go viral that really takes me back.
These emails are a gift, especially Mom's but also the others, particularly since I lost most of my pre-2017 email archives in our fire (long story, suffice to say they weren't recoverable). What a terrific time machine!
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