I read the book and gleaned a lot of history of the "times" Thanks Mozelle for doing the book Wanda C -----Original Message----- From: msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:msattala-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mozelle P. Chason Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:20 PM To: msattala@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MSATTALA] A fun and interesting project Good for you, Mical!! I wrote some of my life story in a book entitled When Sweat Turns to Tears about ten years ago and it was the best therapy I ever had! My book covers the years 1932-45, which of course covers much of the Depression and WWII. My folks raised us 15 children, and most of us born first were raised on sharecropper farms. All my life I felt I was not as important as others due to the poverty in our lives, but writing the book and making it as positive as I could was so-o-o good for me. It was fun! And it made my mother so happy that I was "writing (her) book" because I wrote the stories she had told us over and over through the years. (I still have some books available for sale and would be happy to send them out for $14 plus shipping. Anyone interested, write me.) On Mar 30, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Burchfield, Mical D wrote: Mozelle P. Chason > This group has been quiet for a while so I thought I would throw > out a suggestion for those with itchy typing fingers. I have > started a project and it was suggested that I share this with > others who are interested in genealogy. > > This may sound a little self absorbed until you think about the > reasons for doing it. > > I am writing a book about my life. ...Now, I am not expecting it to > ever make the best seller list, be published or even be read by > others any time soon. I'm doing it for posterity. > > As I researched and organized my genealogy information, I got to > wondering what kind of lives my ancestors lived. What had they done > during their lifetime and where did they travel? What were they > interested in? What were their thoughts of the world and who were > their friends? What did they find humorous and what sadness did > they endure? > > I have been typing my book on Microsoft Word and adding old photos > of myself as a child with my parents, grandparents and siblings. > Photos of the first home I owned and my first new car. I sometimes > cover several years in a chapter, like when I was younger, and > later on I would cover one year in some chapters. > > Hopefully a few generations from now someone may be interested in > some of the things I did, the places I have been and the things I > have seen. > > I grew up as a military brat and lived around the world. I > sometimes went to school in old military Barracks and Quonset huts. > In the Philippines we visited a reservation where head hunters > (Negretos)lived and I have old photos my parents took to include in > the story. In Okinawa we visited old Japanese Castles and explored > old WWII gun batteries with the rusty old cannons still in them. > When we lived in the Philippines we lived a few blocks from a > jungle and my mother worried about Boa Constrictors crawling out > and getting us as we played outside. We moved from this tropical > jungle area, straight to Caribou, Maine in the middle of January, > where the temps were often well below zero. > > I remember when Sputnik was launched and the first man landing on > the moon. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated and > the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade centers. > > On the humorous side, I probably should not mention attending a > wedding with friends in a nudist colony, arriving early to get a > seat well off to the side, and then realizing way too late, after > other guest started arriving, that the wedding ceremony itself was > not nude. Try sneaking out of a situation like that without drawing > too much attention to yourself. ...Not possible. > > It has been quite therapeutic at times writing my story. I was > surprised at some of the things I remembered, and remembered in > such detail. I was also surprised at some of the things I had > trouble remembering. It was nice writing about good memories and > quite hard to write about sad times like going through and > recovering from a divorce. > > I have suggested this book writing idea to friends who had strokes, > are recovering from physical setbacks and others who just have > spare time on their hands. They all have loved the idea and are > really enjoying their writing. > > I thought my book would go pretty quick, but it is getting quite > lengthy. I continually go back to edit and add new things I > suddenly remember. > > I do recommend giving this a try. I believe you will really get > into it. You can go into as much detail as you like or as little as > you like. It's your book and your story. > > Have fun. > > ...Mical > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2781 - Release Date: 03/31/10 06:32:00