Elusive HappinessI have been keeping a journal since I was 15 years old. Over 35 years and hundreds of pages later, I decided to transcribe my chicken scratch handwriting into typed form. Then I thought I needed to put my journal entries into context so I wrote a narration of events leading up to each entry. Many people had told me I should write a book when I regaled them with some of my lifes adventures and experiences so all of a sudden, a memoir was taking shape.