Phyllis Geist Rowland, author of How to Write Time of Your Life Stories in Ten Easy Steps and her novel, Ghost Writer--Mary Ludlam Scudder: Silent for 300 Years, She Returns to Tell Her Story, says: When my children were young, my impossible dream world was one where the ironing basket was empty, my family was fed, and my students’ writing assignments were finally graded and recorded. But when my children’s father died at age sixty-one, everything changed. I gathered family pictures, stories, and poems I had written—our Yellowstone vacation, ball games, camping trips, family birthday celebrations. With the aid of a color copier, I created five copies of my first Gift of Memories. My children said: “The best present you ever gave us, Mom! When’s the next edition?” I give my readers a sense of their place in history, a link with the past, instill a sense of identity, stability, and family values, and pass on pieces of truth while findidng my own truth.. You want to join me?