"If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again." ~ Henry David Thoreau

Old soldiers love to tell stories. I am no exception.

As we tell them, we skew facts, forget names and, perhaps, just for fun, embellish a bit.

I knew that I wanted to write when I retired and I thought the best way to start would be to type my stories.

My brothers and I asked our mother and father to write their stories.  Dad wrote a few and Mom wrote just one.

We consider them treasures of family history.

Dad died too young to finish and Mom's memory went long before she could.  I wish we had stayed on them or made them start sooner. 

If only laptops had existed back then.  Mom could type a bazillion words a minute, but never mastered her word processor.  Dad wrote everything in his perfect long-hand.

I wish I had taken notes, made videos, and taken more interest.

That leaves me to do. . .something. I've asked Kady to type out Mom's story, Dad's stories, and Dad's WWII letters home from England.  I plan to post them here. <---future link to Page

For my part of family history, here are my stories, those I have told over the years and a few I may have never told.