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Joy Of Writing

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

There is a joy in writing about things that are going on in your life or in the lives of others.  It is all about the sharing.  Think of the feeling you get when you get a card, a letter, an email or hand written note shared across coffee, lunch, dinner or even across time.

In a few days it will be Valentine’s Day.  Typically that is more of a day to share with written remembrances but recently as I moved and sorted through boxes I found notes from my mother who has passed away and it was really special to go through those notes and remember what was going on during the time she wrote the note to me. What a great way to connect with her memory.

Think about those special communications you have received over your life and maybe even write a short story sharing your thoughts about what you got.  You can tuck it away or you can share with others. 

 A very popular movie that I see being shown on television is The Notebook which is about love letters written that the man now shares (by reading) with his wife who has Alzheimer’s and is having trouble remembering sometimes even her husband.

How can you brighten someone elses day?

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Writing Can Equal Remembering

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Whenever you are going through old stored things that you haven’t seen for awhile you find written items. It can be  correspondence in the form of old letters, job reviews, invitations, newspaper or magazine articles or a variety of other documentation.

Some of these items can bring back many memories both good and bad.  You might not want to remember the grades you got in the 7th grade but your mom saved the report cards and gave them to you along the way.

On the other hand you might be delighted with a newspaper article about something you really were, at the time, interested in pursuing.

For example: My father’s ranch in Montana was the type site for the Tyrannosaurus Rex.  That means it was the first full Rex skeleton found in the world.  Recently I found an old National Geographic that had a long wonderful article about the discovery and process.  I also found a newspaper clipping about when my mother found a large number of Triceratops fossils.

As a small child, I wasn’t aware of many of the details but found them quite interesting when I read about them as an adult.  I do remember the paleontologists that came every summer.  We used to call them the bone diggers.  They had such cool tools and were so patient in uncovering the fossils. 

Now, you find something that has been put away for awhile and see if you can bring back some memories worth remembering.  You might even stir up a renewed interest in doing something about the information you uncover.

Will I get something going in fossils and dinasaurs?  Probably not, but, I can get the bones I have to the nearest museum so others can enjoy them.

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Moving Adventures

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Last fall I was notified that I had to move both my business and home so the complex I was in could renovate.  Not much time to sort and go through the things I had accumulated over the time I had been there so it was off to find a new location and begin the project. 

Many funny as well as annoying stories occurred as the process unfolded and is still going on.  I am seeing an end though and the extra effort that I put into going through and sorting and seeing what could be thrown away has been worth the effort.

See if you can think of  the last time you moved and select a topic to write about.  It can be any slant you would like to use funny, sad, disgusting, etc.  There are always assorted ways to look at things as you recall as many of the details as you can remember.

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Get Your Holidays Writing Ready

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

In your family, you have a collection of stories about your history and about the things that were important to you through the years.  This is a great time to begin to collect those stories as you are spending time together during the holiday season.  Gather, edit and put into a collection of your family experiences.

Then you can give your story collection to the different members of your family as gifts.  Each person has a different opinion about the events that happened so be sure to add each perspective. That will give your stories depth and add to the story line.  Have fun, enjoy your events and make lots of memories. It is easy to do when you are recording what is happening as it happens.

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Writing For The Fun Of It

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Years ago, before the Internet, writing letters was a very popular form of communication. People looked forward to receiving letters from their friends and family. The longer the letter, the more fun it was to enjoy the information that the other family member or friend was sharing. I remember that in our family we selected to do a chain letter so it went from one family member to another family member to another family member all round the circle until it came back to our house as we were the ones who started it. We quickly added our events and happenings and sent it around in the circle again. That time of sharing became one of my most cherished family memories.

By the time the letter got back around to our family, there were so many things that had changed in the activities that we were involved in that it gave us an excellent point of reference for how much we had accomplished.

In addition to letter writing, many people like to journal or write in a diary. If this is a form of writing  you prefer, check back through your writing and see what kind of stories you can share with others about the events that were going on in your life at the time that you wrote the information down. 

You can add great content to the stories that you are writing and have a lot of fun doing it. Take events and happenings in your own life and put those into your stories. You do not have to use your own name or identify the event as something that happened to you if you choose to keep that information anonymous. Just have great fun doing it and enjoy the sharing.

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Writing About Celebrating Special Days

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Everyone has an assortment of special days.  They might be birthdays, anniversaries,  graduation days, family reunions, days special events occurred in your life or holidays.

Pick one for yourself and record how you spent or spend your special days and see if those events make the event more memorable to you as you review what happened or who you were with at the time. 

If they are days that you celebrate every year, see if you can increase your memories by adding something else to the celebration.

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Writing To Preserve Your History

Friday, June 26th, 2009

As we look around us, if we look closely,  it becomes apparent that things have changed over time. To look back in the history of our family or our country it becomes even more apparent how much change has occurred.  Some families have a person who keeps a formal record of the happenings in the family.  Other families just have a word of mouth system and tell the stories they remember when they gather at reunions or holidays in more of an informal manner.

Think about what happens in your family and who is the one who remembers the most stories of family events.  It can be fun to contact that person and get up to date on what the family has been through over the years.  Those stories can be written down and given to other family members at your next event and are priceless treasures.

My grandfather grew up in the horse and buggy days in the United States of America.  In his lifetime he saw the invention of the automobile and the first trip to the moon.  That is quite a span of events and technology. My he had stories that he shared about how the changes he saw in his lifetime  impacted him and his choices he made in  every area of his life. 

Because in my family they were family shared stories and kept informally we never wrote them down.  Now it would be something that could be used for some very interesting stories that many others could enjoy.

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Using Events To Kick Start Your Writing

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

March is Women’s History Month in the Unites States.  It is a time for celebrating women’s heritage and inspiring stories.  Women have always had a role in keeping the history of their families and communities alive through storytelling, handing down recipes and keeping family treasures safe.

Using that as your theme,  even you men, can write stories about what you remember the ladies in your family doing to keep family traditions in place,  to help us all remember what was important to our families and our local communities.  Even in the organizations we belonged to or now belong to there was a historian that kept track of the events on a yearly basis.

You can always celebrate the past in the present by noticing the stories and the happenings of the family and friends around you.

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Writing About Perfect Moments

Friday, January 9th, 2009

I really enjoy listening to or reading about people talking about special moments in their lives. Most everyone has special memories that they reflect back on in times of plenty or in times of difficulty.  Athletes train for hours, months, years–all in search of the “zone”.  Philosophers ponder for years to come up with life’s answers or lack thereof.  We all wait for that moment of ah ha that leads us to greater understanding and peace of mind.  We are all in search of that perfect moment when everything is in alignment–our relationships, our health, our happiness, our finances. 

While we are busy waiting I think we often miss the revelations that every moment is perfect.  Now you might be saying wait just a minute—what I am having happen is not a good thing, how can it be perfect?  In the larger picture how do you know it is not a good thing?  I have had some amazing things come out of situations that, at the time, I thought were close to the worst things that had ever happened to me.  As I look back on them now, I would not be where or who I am today if they had not happened.  And, I’m still here, alive and writing to you on this glorious day.

Look back in your life and over the last few months and see if you can write about happenings that occured that had a much different outcome than you might have ever dreamed while you were in the middle of the events.  Use this as a way to encourage yourself that you were strong enough to go through it, you have an amazing set of experiences that you can write about that might help others going through similiar things and that you were courageous enough to get on with your life. 

Using the old adage make lemonade out of any lemons, (taking what appears to be a negative experience and turning it into something where I can grow and get on with life) I can say I have a cookbook filled with recipes for every type of lemon combination possible.  I’m sure you have quite a good set of recipes too.  I’m encouraging you to share through your writing.  I might just need one of your combinations to get through the adventure I am currently in and don’t have a solution for just yet.  You could save me alot of time in trying to discover how what is happening could possibly be a perfect moment and turned into an experience that would benefit me and others too.  I might even discover that it will be one of my favorite recipes for something lemon and seen as positive rather than negative.

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Writing About Family Stories

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

During visits home for the holidays or at reunions, many of the pleasurable moments are in sharing about the family stories.  Find time to record what you are hearing being shared so you can build on your family history and experiences.  Keep those in albums or memory books so they can be passed down to your younger family members.  Sometimes you can have information filled in that you personally did not remember by others in the group.  This can add alot of richness to your memories and the time your family spends together.

Occasionally, someone will remember something that is embarassing to you.  They seem to enjoy bringing those stories up when they know you would rather not have that time shared to the group.  You can change what was remembered by gathering the same story from other members and rewriting the details of the embarassing story by the addition of the new information.  Over time the new story will be remembered and the old one will fade from family memory.

Have the time you spend together recorded to share at a later date so your time together will continue to be one of joy and laughter in your sharing experience.  Memories can really add to your life.

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