Last week, I talked about the importance of writing stories down so the details don’t get lost or distorted.
Stories build more than a family genealogy chart. Stories tell future generations about our family. You know — the real people; their personalities; their experiences.
I’m talking about the stories that our Grandparents told about “the good old days” and stories about how my parents met. How many times have we heard these stories but have never taken time to write them down? Now those details that would add a flare to our family history are hazy and/or incomplete.
There are so many stories that I missed an opportunity to write down. Now that my mother, brother and father are all gone, I regret not taking time to collect those stories.
I’ve been going thru old papers trying to clean up a lot of “stuff.” I found several calendars that lists the activities our family was doing in the early 1990s. This will help me build my family story that I failed to write down at the time.
Because this was such a treasure — found in a file folder I hadn’t looked at for years — I scanned the calendars and filed them in my computer.
Are there treasures in your file cabinet?
I would love for you to share where you have found your lost stories!
Dedicated to: Our son, James E Watkins, III, 1980 – 2015: Guitarist, Musician, Web and Database Programmer; Intelligent, Creative, Silly, Loving, Strong, a Fighter (battled cancer for 5 years); Not Afraid to Speak His Mind. Known as the Angry Gnome and World’s Greatest Uncle. Never forgotten; forever 34.
