Why I Am Doing This...

I've decided to type out some of my reflections from the course of my life.  There are things that will pop in my mind from time to time that are stories from when I was 4 to when I was 14 and all hold some sort of significance to me and who I am.  I like the idea of people in my family and in my life knowing some of the fun things that I like to reflect on as either being important turning points or just funny things that might bring a smile.  Most of these stories will be "you had to be there" but they're old stories.  Also, I want my children and grandchildren to know as much as they can about all that I can possibly remember. I'm 35 now.  What if in 30 years I'm diagnosed with dementia or alzheimer's?  I'd have nothing to leave behind in the form of my past.  But I'm using this blog as a tool to journal the life that I lived and have loved and at times, perhaps hated.  Not predicting some crappy disease for myself, but who knows?  I'll begin as the memories start to pour in...