I'm so glad you have created a written record of you life. And I agree that writing helps clarify thinking. It does the same for me. Personally, I'd like to see even non-writers take a shot at it. Even though their story may not be professional or polished, their descendants will treasure it.
Absolutely love this! This resonates deeply with me. Like your husband’s great grandfather, my great grandfather left behind tape recordings of a series of stories about his life. About challenges of immigrating to the US. Life during Prohibition and the Great Depression, among other things. He spoke in broken English. So my grandfather and I worked together to transcribe them and it has led to my Substack.
I have written a lot of memories for various reasons during my lifetime. Somewhere along the line I discovered that writing clarified my thinking and it has been my remedy for to keep myself from becoming a useless ball of anxiety. You and I can write, but many others lack whatever it takes to do so. With mobile phones many are just relying on pictures and letting someone else contemplate but not write the story.
I'm so glad you have created a written record of you life. And I agree that writing helps clarify thinking. It does the same for me. Personally, I'd like to see even non-writers take a shot at it. Even though their story may not be professional or polished, their descendants will treasure it.
Absolutely love this! This resonates deeply with me. Like your husband’s great grandfather, my great grandfather left behind tape recordings of a series of stories about his life. About challenges of immigrating to the US. Life during Prohibition and the Great Depression, among other things. He spoke in broken English. So my grandfather and I worked together to transcribe them and it has led to my Substack.
Thanks so much, Carol.
Do you assist in the ideas, get the facts and write the story?? We three daughters would live to have mom do that, with someone helping her.
Let me know if you help with that.
Thanks sandi van zante.
I have written a lot of memories for various reasons during my lifetime. Somewhere along the line I discovered that writing clarified my thinking and it has been my remedy for to keep myself from becoming a useless ball of anxiety. You and I can write, but many others lack whatever it takes to do so. With mobile phones many are just relying on pictures and letting someone else contemplate but not write the story.