I made a promise in the presence of Rand and Jill’s family when they were here for a 2010 New Year’s vacation. Each member of the family was supposed to say something that they wanted to do in the coming year. My announcement was that I would start to write my life story. I told Steve the previous Feb. that when I got our new computer that I would start my story. One thing led to another and I never got around to it. But, after making this statement in front of 12 family members, I felt that this was something I needed to do. I have decided to organize it into time periods. That way if there were things I had left out it could easily be added.