Dear Maryann and Kim, I know where both of you are coming from regarding the realization that it's about time we give our descendants (or future generations) a glimpse into our lives as we lived it and as we're living it now. Whenever you share a memory with our list or with someone else, print it out and file it as part of your biography. Or if you're in the mood to keep a diary or journal in which you complain how rough it is to be a Soccer Mom and/or juggling a full time job with another full time job of keeping your family happy and together at home, more's the better. Keep writing and keep printing out what you write. Eventually that will be an important part of your overall biography. vee ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael and maryann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:43 PM Subject: Re: Re:[FOLKS] Sorting out old email printouts > I too have that of writing a biography about myself and may be I can answer > a question for my descendents that I have about my ancestors. I also have > thought about writing a diary I love reading the diaries you send Kim! My > grandma has passed hers down to me that she was going to throw away! She > still doesnt understand why i would want to read them. Thank you all for > everything you share. I read it all even though I dont respond to it all (O: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim & Mike Paul" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:00 PM > Subject: Re:[FOLKS] Sorting out old email printouts > > > > Vee: > > > > I thought I was the only one who did that! I have all my emails printed > out and in a three ring binder. > > > > I remember the messages about your fight with breast cancer. That was > about the time I first got to know everyone. > > > > I also remember the subject of the attack on the WTC and the horror of it. > I couldn't understand why someone would want to attack us. Even to this day > whenever I see pictures of the WTC under attack, I still feel horrified all > over again. > > > > When there was so much interest in Phoebe's diaries, I printed out > everyone's email and put them along with Phoebe's diaries in a three ring > binder. > > > > On another list I'm on, they were discussing how to preserve our history > for our descendants. There were some interesting responses. > > One person used video, another used a CD, and so on. One person said that > we will be the ancestors some day and that we should have something about > ourselves so that our descendants would know something about us and the time > we lived in. I thought about writing a brief biography about myself, and > including it in our family history. I thought that would be a neat way of > telling my descendants about myself! > > > > Kim > > > >