live2teach and Esther...thanks so much. I am always happy when someone likes what I write. I have a website (with link to another) at http://www.geocities.com/wordpaintervs/ which has a article about my father who had Alzheimers and one on cancer . My mother was lost to me in 1992 to brain cancer(Dad in 1999 secondary conditions the body undergoes due to Alzheimers) Hugs to you and yours. Vickey S.)