I played softball in my 30′s for the company softball team. I hope there are on photographs lying around from that time. I wore number 11 and I broke my nose while on the team. I was mediocre as I am in all sports. I never got married so from the news reports, the Wall Street Journal and conversations
Facts are birth dates, weddings and deaths where there is a certificate to verify all other things can be rumored.
We record our memories with our own vantage point and filters. That is why siblings often have different parents yet the same DNA. We all remember things that we think are important to us and that can be different for different family members. We also bring those same filters when we would review the video of an event recorded.
PBS has been running a show for the last few years from Henry Louis Gates called Faces of America and now NBC is running a show on Fridays nights called Who Do You Think You Are. All these shows on family histories are making the topic hot and part of water cooler dialogue. All family history starts with you.
I am including a memory essay and the triggers from my book Remembering…life story triggers and Memory Essays. This was originally written in 2005 and the information is still current today. That is one of the wonderful things about writing about your life, the material never goes out to style. When I wrote this I did ask Amy for permission to use her name and she granted me permission. If you want to purchase the book to help you write your life story go to the link at the top Order-Your -Copy-of Remembering