Especially when a person is deceased, you want to remember all the good things. The two fears of writing are how it affects you and how others will react.

We try to get them comfortable here with the idea of writing, and keep them writing when they leave. We're all storytellers. We may not become professional, or published writers. But we can learn to preserve our stories on paper or video.

This generation is not like baby boomers. They are more reserved about writing about themselves. But most are doing it for their families.

It should have been resolved without letter writing or a presentation at our council meeting,

Levity is important. I've always enjoyed writing in a tongue-in-cheek manner. When what you're writing about is tragic or futile, I've found that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

Who wants to feel everything everyone else feels all the time?