Time flies! Especially if you're really busy. This past year I have neglected posting to this blog, but hope to remedy that. On April 1, 2016, that's April Fools' Day, I began serving as a Church Service Missionary at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. It's been a whirlwind of helping others while I learn a whole lot more about researching family history.

It's been so much fun, It's almost been embarrassing. Since I'm from New Jersey, I always keep my eye out for my home state. I've had many a conversation with fellow Jerseyans. A New Jersey accent always gets laughs and sometimes we greet beginners with the comment that there are our next victims. More laughs.

This week is a milestone of sorts. 50 some years ago when I graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, I began a career in journalism. This wasn't necessarily the best decision I could've made, but that's what happened. I started out by working with a series of regional daily newspapers as a reporter. Then an opportunity of becoming the editor of a weekly newspaper.

When you write something and turn it into the editor your worries are over. If there's anything wrong with the copy he'll fix it. But when you're the editor,  you do you turn to then? Typists are usually good spellers and  bailed me out many a time when I misspelled something. And then there was Nancy who could write better than I. When she read my paper. I would get an after the fact editorial evaluation.

While there, I also had an opportunity to write several articles for a magazine. It was an interesting experience in writing. I learned a lot.

So this week, I had an article accepted for publication by the Explorer and online newsletter for The Family History Guide. The Family History Guide is the official training program for FamilySearch. The title, Remembering Memories, talks about the link between memories and remembering them long enough to writing stories. We look forward to seeing the next issue coming out July 1.