From the very first as I began writing my stories about my life experiences here in my hometown, I was excited to share with others exactly what I had felt every step of the way.
After all, that is what I had discussed with the former editor of the Bulletin as she encouraged and prodded me to get my tales into print.
I had no way of knowing that the enjoyment I would personally derive from my recollections would be tainted later on with the disappointment of realizing how the way of life I so cherished was being erased before my very ...