Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Your Story

Every one has a story. Some are reluctant to tell theirs, others never stop telling theirs. Sadly many are lost forever, never told, never heard. I wish my parents had told me theirs. My mother always just blew me off, my dad sank into silence. I have heard different variations from several family members, but the stories are only what they remember, not what my parents lived.My dad's mom and dad did share a few stories with me, but I was young and though I remember what they told, I wish I had heard more, asked more questions and written everything down.

Rick is lucky, he interviews folks almost weekly for the several newspapers that he writes for.....he hears great stories......and gets to share them. I hear stories almost daily, but will never be able to share them, my hope is that the ones who have lived these stories will share them some day.
When I walk around the grocery store or Walmart or just down the
sidewalk, at the airport, or the mall, I look at people as they walk by and wonder about their story.

Strangers often share their story with me.......some are very sad, others are happy and exciting.
I am truly fascinated by each person's story. Maybe that is why it is so easy for others to tell their story to me, they know I want to hear it.

I love a good fiction story, but honestly, it is rare that one surprises me. It drives Rick crazy that I figure out the endings to movies so quickly. Maybe at this point, I have heard so many stories,
there are few surprises......still it does happen, when it does I love it!

So as you read my blog tonight, think about your story......you do have one, and it deserves to be told. Write it in a journal or a letter, record it, tell it with photographs......just share it. There are people who love and care about you, who want to know your story, in your words. Tell your story before it is too late.

4 comments:

  1. I like this idea. I know we got some stories from my uncle before he slowly whithered away with Alzheimers. So glad we got him talking about his life...we video taped his narrative. Need to get my mom to do the same before she passes. Sadly my dad is gone. In some respect I think blogging sheds some light into one's life story.

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  2. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

    I am unwritten,
    Can't read my mind
    I'm undefined
    I'm just beginning
    The pen's in my hand
    Ending unplanned

    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your innovation

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins
    The rest is still unwritten, yeah

    Oh, oh

    I break tradition
    Sometimes my tries
    Are outside the lines, oh yeah yeah
    We've been conditioned
    To not make mistakes
    But I can't live that way oh, oh

    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your inhibitions

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    drench yourself in words unspoken
    live your life with arms wide open
    Today is where your book begins
    the rest still unwritten

    (Gospel)
    Staring at the blank page before you
    Open up the dirty window
    Let the sun illuminate the words
    That you could not find
    Reaching for something in the distance
    So close you can almost taste it
    Release your inhibitions

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open *****
    Today is where your book begins

    Feel the rain on your skin
    No one else can feel it for you
    Only you can let it in
    No one else, no one else
    Can speak the words on your lips
    Drench yourself in words unspoken
    Live your life with arms wide open *****
    Today is where your book begins

    The rest is still unwritten

    The rest is still unwritten
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI

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  3. I agree with Janet..blogging is my way of telling my story. At the end of every year I have the blog put into book form and it's a great way to journal. But that's also just a tabloid of my daily living...inside deeper is a story of who I really am, what I think..that needs to be written also. I gave my Mom a book with pre-written questions and she just had to write her answers on the pages...it was so fun to read it and now I have a good chunk of her life written in her hand. I wish my Dad had written a journal, but he died young and never did one. It's funny though, I still can hear his voice, his laugh, his music, in my head...too bad it can't be video taped!

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  4. I told part of it yesterday in a truth/lie post. Funny people tell me that all the time. Glad to know someone else figures stories out before they end :)
    Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow

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