by Melanie Vetter | Feb 4, 2019 | Connection
When my eldest son was in 8th grade, his history teacher assigned the class an oral history project: they were to interview a person who was engaged in World War Two. My son chose my father. My dad escaped the Nazis with his parents; the majority of his family was not...
by Melanie Vetter | Jan 30, 2019 | Connection
One of the things I love about spending time with your own story is that it helps you understand things — and see them in a new way. Last week on the blog, I talked about a time in my life that I remembered as one of hurt and anger, but as I explored it in writing, I...
by Melanie Vetter | Nov 12, 2018 | Connection
Tell us the story about how you met dad. Did it rain like this on your wedding day? Tell me again about how I was born during the big storm. There are family stories that become almost legendary. They are told over and over again. Even when we think of them as just...
by Melanie Vetter | Oct 29, 2018 | Connection
There are people in my life that I miss. But I still feel connected to them through their stories. Remembering their stories, and sharing them as well, keeps them close to my heart. We’re approaching the end of October and the beginning of November — a time in which...
by Melanie Vetter | Jul 23, 2018 | Legacy
I have always loved hearing stories. The made up ones my Daddy told my sister and me at bedtime, the ones my mom read from books of myths, fairytales and fables, and the ones told to me by relatives – parents, my uncle or grandparents – about the past. I listened with...
