Why Family Stories Are More Important Than You Think
Why Family Stories Are More Important Than You Think I’ve 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 parents, my uncle, my...
Is Story the Backbone of All Relationships?
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...
Journal with Me: Are you stuck on one version of your story?
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...