In My Life I've Loved Them All

As you may be aware, the title of this blog and the title of this post are both references to the Beatles. The photo at the top is a photo of my father who was a huge Beatles fan. Naturally, his love for their music trickled into my life. I can remember my father telling me about his favorite Beatles song In My Life. He would quote, "All these places have their moments with lovers and friends I still can recall. Some are dead and some are living, in my life I've loved them all... Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before; I know I'll often stop and think about them..." He was fascinated with family history, especially with learning people’s stories. We would go on road trips to where he grew up and he would tell us many of his childhood stories. I was the type to tune everyone out with some headphones and a cd player, but I always took them off when he was telling me these stories. He would go on and on about my great grandfather, my grandfather, and his own childhood. I do not think that I fully appreciated the stories he told. My father died a few years ago and I stumbled across some documents of stories he was writing. I am slightly disappointed that I cannot get him to tell the stories in person but I know there are other ways of learning the histories of my ancestors. Immediately when I came across this course I wanted to sign up so I can discover these people. I hope to delve into the stories that bind my family and I together and by doing it, develop a love for these people. I expect to discover the seeds of my family’s history and say as my father, “Some are dead and some are living; In my Life I love them all.”