Wednesday, August 16, 2006

memoir writing. . .

what a great day!

a good friend and i went to a class tuesday on writing memoirs. The teacher was super --
'orrible, actually! -- at the kingston seniors association.

i wish i had a photo to show that we had a wonderful day with a fascinating group of 10 --each of whom had warm and special stories to tell. it was wonderful to meet them all and learn so much about how memories are so significant, and why we all need to write our stories.

we heard funny stories and sad stories, stories of courage and personal difficulties, as well as those of great humor and delight in life's events. we learned how cathartic it is to tell our stories; how to heal from the sad and difficult ones, and how to laugh and share with each other through all our stories.

all in all it was a lovely day, and i hope to go back in the fall to take an eight week course also taught by Marilyn.

thanks again to all of our group for a very warm, special, and sharing day.

i loved it!!!!!

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