This is the section for any of my relatives, 55 and older, to have a short story of their life and times posted for their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and future generations to know them better. Think about it for a minute. Wouldn't it been great if your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents had left a  short story about how it was for them growing up when they did, what was important to them, what changes that occurred during their life were good -- and what changes were bad.

Anyone know anything about my grandfather Schultz' father George or mother Martha? How about their parents?  How about Gram Lyon's parents? Gramp Castillo's family? What about the generation before Paul and Kate VilleMonte?

Would any of you value having a written testimony from your grandparent's hand, telling what they thought of growing up at a time that they did? The Civil War, the trip coming over from Europe, .......

This is your chance for the future to know how you feel about your short time on Earth. If this opportunity was available 100 years ago on the Internet, these stories would still be here today. You would have no doubt printed your great-grandparents story, neatly folded it, and kept it in the center of the huge Bible. Well your great-grandchildren will do the same (except they will burn a CD-ROM of the entire website) and your story will continue to live long after we are all gone.

Do not be bashful. Do not sugarcoat it, do not suck up -- just let your heart tell your story the way it actually is and was. However, you need to also remember that once a story has been told, it can never be taken back. That is to say, that once read - it will be remembered. Choose your words wisely, so none of the living are hurt!

I only ask that you use your return key only to start a new paragraph, use both upper and lower case letters, and do not hyphenate. I will cut and paste your story onto a web page -- and will not edit it. I have enough of a problem with my own spelling, grammar, and typos to be checking those of others. I suggest that you use a spelling and grammar checker -- like that in Word. I would also suggest that you find the happy medium between getting as much of your story that should be told in print -- while understanding that the longer that it is, the fewer people will initially read it. I guess I'm suggesting a short-story and not War and Peace. However, I will post your story regardless of how long or how short it is. 

The below buttons are of the life and times submitted -- in the order they were submitted.

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