I didn't think I would be writing again so soon, but unfortunately this has been a bad month for deaths.

As I was writing the previous article about the tenth anniversary of my father's death, and making preparations to attend the funeral of my father's oldest friend later this week, I received the sad news that my favourite uncle and one of the nicest and most supportive people I have known passed away early this morning (April 22). He was always there for his family and friends, and he was a...
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For those who have been wanting updated information on the family history, I have finally gotten around to building a new dedicated family history website and posting it online.

Some of you may remember that in the early 2000s I posted a large family tree to the Rootsweb site. It was very popular, and that ended up being its downfall. While being a fulltime graduate student, and a fulltime employee of the university, and a fulltime caregiver for my disabled parents, I was also getting bombarde...
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of my grandmother. I never got the chance to know her - I wouldn't be born for more than a decade yet - but everyone I know who knew her spoke well of her. I wish I had gotten the chance to meet her and get to know her.


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