Well as most of you know, I have not written in quite a while.
You must be wondering what on earth! She was chugging through chapters really fast! And yes yes I was. Upon meeting chapter 4 I realized that I could not, for sake of my organization, skip to another chapter where I do have all the material I need. Research needed to be done!
I started with my grams and wrote up a nice page of interview questions for future interviews. I found it a little difficult since many of my interviewees were 3 hours ahead of me and I had to find a small chunk of time between when I got home from work till it was no longer appropriate to call people at night. Fitting in to the time zones and everyones schedules it has eaten up quite a bit of time. However these past few weeks I have been able to track a few people down that knew my uncle and talk to them. I am learning so much about him from just the tiniest pieces of information. The black and white outline of him is starting to fill in to a most colorful person. He, like the rest of us, was very very human. Filled with mistakes and regrets, along with many joys and wonders. I am also learning a lot about myself as I interview people. One thing that has stuck out is that I am extremely curious and accepting of everything I am learning. For some it is very easy to dismiss facts that dont pertain to a certain way that you see some people as. I find that I have only embraced everything with such exuberance and respect, not only for what I learn about Him, but what I learn about the people I am interviewing. For as though some don't realize, a lot about their personalities come out when they are speaking about someone else, even though he has passed. I quite enjoy getting to know people through the interviews.
It is apparent that researching will take up a significant amount of writing this book. So far its paying off. On to calling more people and digging for information!
You must be wondering what on earth! She was chugging through chapters really fast! And yes yes I was. Upon meeting chapter 4 I realized that I could not, for sake of my organization, skip to another chapter where I do have all the material I need. Research needed to be done!
I started with my grams and wrote up a nice page of interview questions for future interviews. I found it a little difficult since many of my interviewees were 3 hours ahead of me and I had to find a small chunk of time between when I got home from work till it was no longer appropriate to call people at night. Fitting in to the time zones and everyones schedules it has eaten up quite a bit of time. However these past few weeks I have been able to track a few people down that knew my uncle and talk to them. I am learning so much about him from just the tiniest pieces of information. The black and white outline of him is starting to fill in to a most colorful person. He, like the rest of us, was very very human. Filled with mistakes and regrets, along with many joys and wonders. I am also learning a lot about myself as I interview people. One thing that has stuck out is that I am extremely curious and accepting of everything I am learning. For some it is very easy to dismiss facts that dont pertain to a certain way that you see some people as. I find that I have only embraced everything with such exuberance and respect, not only for what I learn about Him, but what I learn about the people I am interviewing. For as though some don't realize, a lot about their personalities come out when they are speaking about someone else, even though he has passed. I quite enjoy getting to know people through the interviews.
It is apparent that researching will take up a significant amount of writing this book. So far its paying off. On to calling more people and digging for information!
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