In a message dated 2/1/2006 6:43:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, shadowbear270@webtv.net writes: I think for many years the sun didn't shine for me==they finely decided ww-2 was over==then they decided to let me go==I was the same wild indian only meaner--you know the sun didn't shine till that day I ======================================================= Shadow Bear: My mom would have been your age. I think the sun did not shine for her, from 1945, maybe before then even. When she passed she was still in the gloomy. Maybe some people carry bad experience for there life. It is good you saw the sunshine, The light is the best place to be. Makes you feel warm for your whole body and your spirit. I think maybe the spirit can't come out in the dark gloom. I was born at the end of the Korean War so don't really know the tough time folks had then, especially the Cherokee people. But, hearing from folks like you and a cousin of mine cause me to appreciate what we have today more. Sometime we don't appreciate what we have until we see other peoples lives. Barb sc