dear roots web, this is the third time i've tried to send this. it just keeps coming back to me. anyone who has seriously studied johnson county's tombstones knows that this life is way to short and way too fragile for disagreements, etc. i am publicly apologizing to mara bruce, gayle fuson, and mrs. polston, and to anyone else to whom i said cruel things. genealogy consists of remembering our dead, but it also consists of remembering to be kind to our living. i am hoping that everyone will forgive me. sincerely, brad birkner