I can actually imagine that. I’m overly excited about a book I’m writing. I don’t want to go into specifics, but some of my ancestors were in the middle of a huge national story in the early 20th century. I came along decades later in the 60’s, but grew up hearing about it from the older generation as if the memories were fresh. It is a fascinating story that few today know anything about. I don’t know how many will care about it, but I’m writing it as a tribute to my great-grandfather as much as anything. I want to have it finished while my dad is still alive and of sound mind because it’s about events in his family, so I’m writing it for him, too. And one day, my children and grandchildren will read it and understand people and events that helped shaped their lives a full century before they were born.
You are doing EXACTLY the right thing for exactly the right reasons. Good people die and I rail to the skies over that. And it seems that the only way to bring them back into some virtual life is to write about them and have them be remembered. And there are so MANY good people out there who need to be remembered. I am thrilled to hear you’re writing. It’s the most exciting feeling to create word pictures. Oh, please, too, record the stories that your family has told you. I can’t describe how it feels to believe you’ll remember and then to realize you’ve forgotten and no one is left to retell them to you. So many good wishes to you.