The storyteller's account remains canonical. Relatives add separately attributed scenes, feelings, traditions, and reflections that deepen the book without rewriting it.
Jerry remembers March 1973 as the beginning of his real life. Judy's first-person account is still missing.
“That was the beginning of my life, as far as I am concerned.”
A family journey preserved through Jerry's account, historical route material, and an unresolved ship name.
“The voyage was part adventure and part uncertainty, with two brothers trying to understand how far home had become.”
“The route chronology is retained as private production material for the organizer.”
The interview remembers the gathering, but the recipe and the cook's account have not been preserved.
This memory is ready for its first family story.