An excerpt from Family Tree Magazine article in Christmas 2013 issue by Diane Lindsay: "It's hard for the non-family historian to understand our hobby is a celebration of all our ancestors and that rather than piling the weight of mortality on our shoulders, it mostly makes us feel glad to be alive, to be part of a pattern, an unceasing patchwork of life, love and loss. For me, acceptance that you can't have one without the other brings comfort and understanding of where we fit into The Great Scheme of Things". Well said. Edna - Ottawa