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This website has a version of the history I learned about my family.

As you read my poems and stories, based on family stories, I hope you are reminded of happy moments that made you the person your family knows today.

Seeing the simplicity of my website design, I hope you are inspired to create a site where you can tell the stories your family cherishes.

When I tell my stories, I remember this.

They are family stories, and everyone wants to feel good while reading. Especially the person who was included in my story.

I am careful because I don't want to appear in a family court drama on TV or attend a family Thanksgiving party and end up like the sliced Turkey on the Thanksgiving table.

What may seem funny to me may turn out to be the biggest insult they have experienced.

It is what it is, and I have to be mindful.

When our Grandchildren were young, I wrote stories and sent them to our daughter-in-law via email.

She would read them to her children. 

After one story session, she sent a reply, "The kiddos liked your short clip."

Short clip? 

Hey, I want to be a short clip writer.

I quickly checked to see if there was an email using the name ShortClipWriter. 

There was not, and I signed up for ShortClipWriter@gmail.com 

A Google Email account is needed to create a free website like this one, using Google's Sites App. 

I built my first website using HTML back in 1998, and I used it to create a traditional website.

Today, I use the Google's Sites app, an app to build this style of webpage. 

I watched hours of YouTube videos and created a simple design to let readers focus on my stories.