Making up for Lost Time  

08 Feb 2026: I'm finding "notes" from past "false starts" in writing My Story.  I'll be adding old notes here from time to time. Why rewrite what I've already written?!?  I have plenty of "notes" on my laptops (old and new).  I'm putting it all here, for all to see, rather than have something happen to me or my laptops and have it all lost!  

         Below- from about 10 years ago and then from 2024.

My Life

 Introduction

 How does one start to write about 65 years of existence?  When I’m in bed or in the shower I can write prose worthy of publication.  However, when I sit down to enter my thoughts into my laptop, I seem to freeze up and can’t think of anything clever to say.  So with that in mind, I’m going to just put down whatever comes to mind – at least to start.  Perhaps the flow of words will get eaiser as I go.

 So, where do I start?  I guess the beginning is a good place.  What beginning though?  Life is full of beginnings & endings.  For my purpose, though, I’ll start as far back as I can remember and even back further.  What, may you ask, is before me?  I think some background into my parents would be in order.  Since I’m largely writing this for my daughter, the more I can say, the better.  I want her to know more about me and my family.  I’m including a lot (I hope) in my family tree but I’ll include some of it here too.  Let’s get started!

 My mother

My mother was born in 1926, the second of three children.  She had an older sister & a younger brother..  Her father came from Romania but her mother was born in Chicago to Romanian-born parents.  (More of this is in the family tree.)  I’ve been told my mother loved animals. 

My Father

My father was born in 1916, the youngest of three children. 

 2024 04 20

Now I’m at 75 years of Life.  Another 10 years gone by without writing much, if anything at all.