Stories are exciting. They bring the past into the present and preserve it for the future. Kids do funny things, some folks perform heroic acts, and we all experience sad moments. The way we remember these is through the stories we tell at the time and years later to recall an event or a string of events.
Don Lucy has woven together a tapestry of stories based upon his experiences around the world. From a visit to Santa Clause that created a great mystery to laughing about a plane crash in Vietnam, each story is told in an entertaining style.
This is a collection of individual stories. Some were published in newspapers around the country. But now, they are brought together as a story about the stories themselves. They can help us laugh at the lighter side of life. A few have been used by others to deal with the painful side of illness and death in the family.
Every family has stories. For years, Don Lucy has encouraged others to learn their family stories and to pass them down to the next generation. One family did not know that Grandpa had taken part in the D-Day invasion until Don started talking to him about World War ll. Another did not know that Grandma flew fighter planes and bombers during the war - as a ferry pilot- until they asked for family stories for a class project. In this book, we can see how we can all tell our stories for future generations to enjoy.