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And they call them SENIOR MOMENTS??

Posted October 6th, 2008 by BonneeC1

I forgot!  It really is that easy, I just forgot.  I wanted to write in this thing at least once a week -- and I forgot.  I am of the older/more mature ilk, I plead guilty -- and yet I don't feel old?  I'll be turning 62 in January and I know that there are a lot of people who didn't have the chance or opportunity to get here -- 62 I mean.

I have learned that my family has had heart related problems for the last hundred years anyway.  After I got sick this last February I did some ancestral health investigation and found that 35 percent of my ancestors had heart problems of one kind or another.

So there is yet another reason to get to know our genealogy, of course I didn't need an additional excuse afterall I'm already addicted.  At least I admit it!!  I'm still having problems breaking down the Lazar Caplan wall -- but I'll still keep at it and when I find the winning combination I will be sure to let you know.

My Addiction -- My Blessing

Posted August 2nd, 2008 by BonneeC1

 It seems I've found a new addiction.  Not it's not tobacco or any other noxious herb or brew, rather it's genealogy.  Maybe you've gotten it too?  There is something so fascinating about studying what went on before us, before we were even thought of or about.  I'm not saying I understand all of the ancestor's motivations, I don't.  I'm not even sure I even understand adequately the time period that they lived in -- I don't. 

    I know that I've learned a great deal more about where I came from, and if on believes in generational memory (which I do), why I am the way I am.  I understand (and maybe that's too strong a word) why certain curses have followed in my family's blood line, I hope so -- I want to.  But the fact of the matter is that the more that I learn about who they were maybe -- just maybe I will learn who they really were?  One can only hope.