To accomplish this task I grabbed the opportunity to sit back, listen, imagine, use current technology, forget about other tasks at hand and walk with Mother through various remembrances of her youth. Compiling information about Mother's educational years at the request of Eastern New Mexico University for granting her a diploma at age 92 was the catalyst. I spent 10 days with Mother and tape recorder asking questions and describing pictures to her as her eyesight was impaired by macular degener...