How did I get this job?

I have been researching some family history. My big brother wants to know about the ring I sent his son. What do I know? I'm the baby.

My path led me to aunt Thelma, who is now 82. She told me she depended on "Lee," otherwise known as my Daddy, for events from their lives. She referred me to her big sister, 92.

I called just before eight tonight, but she had already retired for the evening. Which is the appropriate phrase in her case. She is just like my grandmother -- a distinguished, capable, and contained woman.

I'll try again, but I don't know when. We're traveling to the coast tomorrow.

If you look at the last page of my photo file, you'll see that I look like my father. I learned that we have more in common from my aunt. He also fainted at the sight of blood.

Born in 1911, he was a touch old for WWII, which he wouldn't have coped with well. He built barracks at home.