"As I got closer and closer to the bottom of the chest there was another box positioned in the corner. This box was made of leather with silver buttons decorating it. Somehow, I knew that this box was destined for me to open." Every family has a history and Esther Ulysses was about to discover hers. Three generations of women had been given the name Ulysses by a slave for no better reason than how the word sounded when spoken. Esther Ulysses was beginning a journey that she had to walk alone. Marlene Griggs studied at Community College of Allegheny County, where she received a Word Processing Specialist Associate's in Science Degree, and also was a recipient of The African American Scholastic Award. Marlene has written her first novel, Ulysses' Diaries, at the age of 57.