death, genealogy, and writing

It seems that a death in the family always refocuses my passions in genealogy and writing - that ending of one life dear to me only makes me want to find out more about those who came before me and to define better the path I want to continue during my own little snippet of time on this earth.  Yesterday, we lost my beautiful and feisty aunt Geraldine.  So after a few good crying jags last night and this morning, I have been wading through old family photographs and researching more of my family tree online.  I wrote a little in my journal and then decided to revisit this blog, since I haven't been here for over a month.  And the last time I was here, I made the resolution that I would continue working on it.  I guess resolutions are made to be broken, but I really want to get this one going.  Maybe this is the spark I need to keep going with this cyberspace sharing.  We'll see, I guess.