It is truly a gift, Phyllis. But I inherited her habit of scribbling things on paper, and I have journals and notebooks full, and boxes of little pieces of paper with things written on them. I will leave a treasure for my daughter, too.

The one thing I want to do for my daughter is write her a love letter to keep for all time. I wish Mom had done that for me, so I want to do that for my daugter.