For someone who is at a loss for words or can not digress, you sure found some deep ones to share. Great read Roe!

I remember wanting and trying so hard to get my grandmother to rehash stories of her childhood and growing years, we always intended to start tomorrow, unfortunatly, tomorrow never came. I agree with your words.

Good point roe! . We all to a point choose our memories in a selective way that makes us feel comfortable , i know i have , but you are right that we should be carefull that the realities that we create do not hurt or damage others! .

In my experiences, people have a self view, that they try to preserve at all costs. Time, or distance can distort any given experience into something that never happened. Don't be surprised, because, "history is written by the conquerers". Not that we are the conquered, but our kids will secceed us. In our efforts to preserve the true history of events.
We do have video, picturephones, and time stamps on our computers, that helps a little,especially when the stories get a little too distorted, or someone goes to looking for the family vault.

Sometimes my sisters and I joke that our bedrooms in the house must have had some parallel universe happening because on some issues it's like we grew up in three different homes. . .each has our own perspective on almost every event. Interesting post Roe. . .you never disappoint!

nothing wrong with writing ability:)

I'd say we have selective perception that looks like selective memory