They Wanna Read Your Story
Not many comments are posted to the public to view, but I get a lot of e-mail about my blogs. I posted those for a while but discovered some of their authors were not pleased. They assumed what they wrote was for my eyes only.
By far, the blogs about episodes or stories from my life draw the most e-mail. People ask for more. Not because my life is all that dramatic, I think, but because we humans have a natural affinity for peeking into one another's past or present life stories. One of the best gifts anyone ever gave us was when my mother-in-law wrote her life story and printed up a copy for each of her sons. She wasn't a dynamic writer by any means, indeed her style was almost flat, but we loved every page!
For years, people have asked me to write my life story, and I have made many starts... but never proceeded beyond a few chapters. I know how precious each person's life story is. Oh, how I love biographies.
Now, as I delve into the histories of my ancestors, I yearn to find ones who recorded their journeys along the paths of life, and I realize I really DO need to write my story. So do you. Your family and friends want to read it. Other folks you don't even know want to read it. I want to read it. So, write it already!
Where do you start? I have found it easy to put episodes from my life into my blog. It's unplanned, informal and nonthreatening. I never know what I will write in my blogs, I just get a thought and let it carry me along, hopefully to a reasonable conclusion (doesn't always work that way, LOL). Give it a try, what could it hurt?
You can click here here Blogger link, and be blogging in no time! You'll have a lot of fun, maybe meet some new folks and make everyone who loves you very happy... AND, you may become inspired enough to write that life story, one episode at a time. Write 'em as they come to mind. You can sort them out later.
I had a blessed day (didn't get a lot done, but enjoyed the day) hope you did, too!
By far, the blogs about episodes or stories from my life draw the most e-mail. People ask for more. Not because my life is all that dramatic, I think, but because we humans have a natural affinity for peeking into one another's past or present life stories. One of the best gifts anyone ever gave us was when my mother-in-law wrote her life story and printed up a copy for each of her sons. She wasn't a dynamic writer by any means, indeed her style was almost flat, but we loved every page!
For years, people have asked me to write my life story, and I have made many starts... but never proceeded beyond a few chapters. I know how precious each person's life story is. Oh, how I love biographies.
Now, as I delve into the histories of my ancestors, I yearn to find ones who recorded their journeys along the paths of life, and I realize I really DO need to write my story. So do you. Your family and friends want to read it. Other folks you don't even know want to read it. I want to read it. So, write it already!
Where do you start? I have found it easy to put episodes from my life into my blog. It's unplanned, informal and nonthreatening. I never know what I will write in my blogs, I just get a thought and let it carry me along, hopefully to a reasonable conclusion (doesn't always work that way, LOL). Give it a try, what could it hurt?
You can click here here Blogger link, and be blogging in no time! You'll have a lot of fun, maybe meet some new folks and make everyone who loves you very happy... AND, you may become inspired enough to write that life story, one episode at a time. Write 'em as they come to mind. You can sort them out later.
I had a blessed day (didn't get a lot done, but enjoyed the day) hope you did, too!
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