That’s me, Lynette BentonCan’t think of reasons why you should you invest the time or effort to write about your life or your family?
Here are just a few reasons to write down stories about your life or your family.
- To create a record
- To preserve memories
- To protect personal and family history from being lost
- To celebrate accomplishments
- To educate others (Show others, including future generations, how you or your family overcame obstacles.)
- To share your take on public events (Show the ways in which the stories behind the headlines affected you or your family.)
- To share your perspective on family mores and myths. (All families have mores and myths.)
- To show “how things were” in the past
- To discover a new take on occurrences in your life. (You’ll be surprised how writing about your life or your family reveals new views of things you’ve taken for granted.)
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Great post, as usual, Lynette. I’m feeling a memoir inside of me that wants to come out.
Margy Rydzynski
Let it out, Margy. Let it out!