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The Big 5: Writing the Stories of Your Pets
I’ve written before about sharing the stories of losing beloved family pets and even included that as one of the daily prompts in my book “A Simple Guide to Writing Family Stories.” But I believe it’s just as important to share the stories of all those delightful experiences you had together, right? Let’s look at how to reminisce and write stories about your beloved dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, gerbils, birds, or _______ (fill in what I have missed).
The Big 5: Writing Stories About Your Life’s Work
If you’ve decided it’s important to share stories about your life with your descendants, I think you’ll agree that they will want to know about your work. Your stories might not be about a lifelong career. Many of us have had different types of jobs at different times in our lives. In fact, for some of you, a volunteer position had the most impact on your life.
The Big 5 – Writing Your Family Birth Stories
As you begin to collect important stories from your family life, don’t miss out on reminiscing and writing about the birth of the special people in your life – including yourself. Think for a minute about what it will mean to your children and grandchildren to one day read about the day they were born – all through the filter of what you experienced and felt that day. Let’s learn how to craft a simple written piece about “the day you were born.”
The Big 5 – Telling Your Love Stories
Your family knows who you married, and also might have divorced, but do they know how you fell in love in the first place? Because relationships change so much over the course of time, I believe it’s important for your descendants to hear the origin stories to add to what they know of you now. Here are some nudges and guidance to help you tell your descendants the love stories from your life.
The Big 5 – Telling Your Story of Faith
Fact: Your descendants will treasure your personal family stories long after you have left this earth. Have you ever told your children how your faith in God or another higher power began and developed throughout your life? Even if you have had these conversations, you need to capture that story in print, audio or video so that it can be curated for all of your descendants. Here are some ideas on how to tell your stories of faith so that they won’t get lost to fading memories.
The Big 5: An Easy Way to Get Started Telling Family Stories
I’m on a mission to help as many families make sure that they have at least a few of their family stories curated. At the heart of that mission is trying to remove any obstacles and hindrances that are holding you back.