[P.O.E.]

This may help you come up with a title:

What are the stories about? What is the underlying message? What's important about what he is saying?

Note: I don't mean these questions in a critical way (sometimes when you type things they come across the wrong way). What I mean by them is to ask yourself these questions as you go, and they might help you find the "hook", so to speak, that will guide not only your title, but your overall thesis.

[Jaysun]

What are the stories about? What is the underlying message? What's important about what he is saying?

Thanks for your advice I'll see what I can come up with. It's somewhat hard to pinpoint a general theme because they weren't all made during the war. Some were made during holidays, birthdays, major events, etc. They always had a strong religious theme but that was true with almost everything he said and did - right up until his last words.

He was 101 years old when he passed away. He died on December 28, 2002. His house was literally packed with people. He didn't want the women in his bedroom when he died so at the end it was just the men. My uncle and his boys were there too. My Great Grandfather said that if his hair wasn't so "damned messy" he'd have someone take a picture of all of us because it isn't often that five generations (from him to my son) stood in the same room.

We all stayed and talked with him for the last 2 hours of his life. His breathing had gotten heavy and I wasn't sure if he'd say anything else. One of my little cousins said, "I guess this is goodbye." He said, "It's not goodbye.....it's see ya later." He didn't say anything else for a while. Then he said, "Boys" and we all gathered in and put a hand on him. A minute or so later he said, "See ya in Heaven" and that was it. I thought it was a good ending to an extraordinary life.

I don't mean to ramble on but there's a lot of neat stuff to tell. Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm glad that I can share this with you guys.