You may read my mother's memoir below (click on the rectangular icon in at the lower right to fill screen), or download a pdf version to print or send to your e-reader, but please do not otherwise use, sell, or reprint this copyrighted work without permission from me, the copyright holder. My mother died January 3, 2000, she was 89 years old and determined to breath the air of the twenty-first century, if only for a moment. Enjoy.