"Your past is a great part of who you are: the pain and the pleasure, the trials and rewards, the ease and difficulty. All is to be embraced by you, for without it, you would be less than who you are." Ivo/Lisa Dorr The above statement, is totally true. (and eerie how karma repeats itself...) For my birthday in April, I planned a trip to Sweden. For a year prior, I had been researching my family history there, clues to my mysterious past, and of the culture which deeply runs thru my Viking blood, more than I ever knew. I originally was going to travel with Bridge to Sweden - which does research and custom tours. Instead, I ended up with a 102 fever and flu which ruined my birthday trip, but by the magic of the universe - I did take a trip through the halls of time. My Grandmother died in 1996. She loved Nature, Art, and was highly intelligent (although not college educated) adventurous, and fascinated with life. She loved to travel more than anything.