Dear Vee & Maryann: Vee, what a great idea, I never thought to incorporate memories on our list, (or any other for that matter) in our biography! After all, our words are mirrors of ourselves, and we can get to know ourselves through our written words as I have gotten to know Phoebe through her written words in her diaries. I never really have been one to keep a diary or journal, tho I have from time to time. When I was going through a dark depression, I kept a journal, and it is fascinating to read my words through different eyes. I really felt the despair all over again. But we can write about joyous times as well, for words can be comforting and reassuring, am I making any sense? I never thought to write about going through my cancer surgery, and how I felt during that time, now, I'm thinking I should. Maryann, I'm so glad you liked the diaries, I'm lucky to have them. Maybe Phoebe's diaries can be an inspiration to all of us thinking about writing a journal! I'm so glad your grandmother didn't throw away her diaries, you have something of hers that you can touch and feel and read and remember her by! On the same note, but different subject, I've been busy all night scanning pictures and saving them to CD. They are recent pictures, taken last spring during severe thunderstorms. BTW, I'm a trained weather spotter, and I got my ham radio licsense, last May. Every time there's a bad storm, or threat of tornadoes, I'm called out to spot, and I take my digital camera, and sometimes video camera. So I've been documenting the photos and putting them to CD. I also have been scanning my ancestors photos as well as family photos, and photos of all the pets we have had over the years. Recently I found our wedding album, which I thought was lost in a fire we had in 1996, thank goodness we still have the photos! The pictures were taken in 1984, and they are already starting to fade. I'm going to scan those and put them on a separate CD. What a story we'll have to tell our descendants! Kim