Dear Group, Sheesh, youse guys sure know how to fill up a person's inbox! :-) Oh, by the way, this message is from me and if you need directions as to where the delete button is on your computer, check out your manual. I understand completely, really I do. I guess that last evening I was overly tired. My sister and I had gone over to Deb's house to help her unpack a whole bunch of stuff that had been cleaned out of her grandmother's apartment and which ended up at Deb's. I did what I could manage to do but some times the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. And along with the physical work was still getting through the realization that Grandma was no longer with us. It's tough to cope with physical pain along with mental pain. First of all to Ellen Seebacher, thanks for your total support of me and for the messages that I post on occasion that others may feel to be "off topic." Chris Leonard hit it square on the head when she said, "i think she needs us as much as we need her. the worst thing for someone with cancer is isolation from friends and shared interests." You got that right, Chris. I don't know how I could have gotten this far without all of your support. Ellen Colangelo has been my guardian angel through all of this and she, coupled with all of the rest of you, makes me realize that for my own sake, I NEED ALL OF YOU! I can only hope that all of you know that we're a very special group here. The basis of this list is local genealogy--that's why we got here in the first place. But unless you put some flesh on the bones of your ancestors, all that you're left with is just that--a pile of bones. Hopefully my occasional ramblings of personal memories might put a pound or two of flesh on those bones. I'll sign off right now and follow this message with one that I wrote over two years ago that has to do with the relationship of dinasaur bones and genealogy. Thanks soooo much for letting me know that you care so much about me and that you enjoy what I enjoy doing most--genealogy research and writing a bit of ramblings. luvya all, vee