History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
~Sir Winston Churchill
It is important to capture not only the stories of our elderly loved ones, friends and neighbors, but also our own, for when we are gone from this good earth our stories will die with us... unless we record them now.
One of my most treasureed memories of my maternal grandfather is a written story he left behind for us to find after he was gone. It was a story of his youth, of growing up "tough". To read his account, he was quite a scrapper in his day. We know him differently but we also loved his stories, his trips down memory lane that he shared with us. These memoir's have the power to entertain but they also are able to convert experiences into wisdom and personal growth for those who came after them.
The time to capture these stories is now. Put it on your calendar, your "to do" list and do it. Make it a priority. If you can, video tape these stories.
Some tips about writing life stories from the Association of Personal Historians can be found here -
Are you a Military Veteran?
For more information please visit their web site - http://www.personalhistorians.org/
The Association of Personal Historians is a proud partner of the Library of Congress: Veterans History Project. As partners, we help collect first-person accounts of military service in World War I, World War II, the wars in Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf, and the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. They also collect stories of civilians who supported these efforts, including men and women who worked in defense-related industries, as USO entertainers, and as Red Cross workers.
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