One thing for certain Sue, it's obvious from your postings, that you've got one fine intellect, and express yourself clearly. The paralysis you experienced must have been terrifying and a grand mal in itself, without the resulting head injury from falling indicates a definite physical problem of concern, whether it was because of a high fever, infection or problems such as epilepsy.

Apart from recording family history, writing down one's life story enables us to put very troubling memories away from the front of our mind. It becomes perserved on paper, and in a very real sense we can free ourselves from having to go over and over it in our minds so that cetain things are not forgotten. A second sense of betrayal can evolve if something criminal, unjust, or however troubling is completely forgotten, or passed over..

Libraries exist because of life's experiences and the knowledge which can be gleaned from those experiences.

I have to go out, but Sue, be encouraged okay....

[ January 19, 2006, 03:16 PM: Message edited by: norma ]