Beam had a skill with a concept invaluable in the process of finishing this book - she loved sewing and quilting. She wasn’t confident that she could continue her son’s work, but Mrs. She’d read some days and then had to put the folders away. Beam described this as a traumatic experience where the more she read, the worse she felt and depression would set in. Joe Beam left behind letters and manuscripts that had to be read and sorted through.
