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[bobmueller]

The Story of a Father's Love: Reflections on Fatherhood and Family

The driveway, it is finished. Yes, I made sure I was the first one up the driveway. They set forms Monday, then poured the driveway Tuesday. The contractor originally planned to pour the upper half Tuesday and the lower half on Wednesday. They finished the upper half faster than they expected though, and he was able to get a second truck that afternoon, so they went for it. I stood on the…

[revtimgraves]

Curfew, Violin Lessons, & Long Hair

“It’s only five minutes,” I replied. That was a mistake. She dressed me down with a look and said, “If you expect to go out with friends again, you will be home by curfew.” There were ways in which they were lenient, for example, allowing us to use the family car on Friday and Saturday nights (I sometimes wondered if I was popular only because of my bright yellow ‘72 Dodge Colt.), but curfew was…

[deborabuerk-the-write-stuff]

Travels and Adventures with Tabbycat: Cat Tails.

The author recalls the adoption and adventures of their first pet cat, Tabby. Named after a series of amusing events, Tabby became a well-traveled, funny, and loving companion who lived a long and full life.

Overlooking the Coloseeum in Rome, Italy, 2024. By Debora Ragland BuerkWriter, editor, and sometimesfamily historian While not my usual family history story, It’s part of my history… My first pets as a young child weren’t cuddly. Goldfish. Hamster. Parakeet. Turtle. Snail. But when I was in the second grade and my sister was in kindergarten, our parents surprised us with a visit to the St.…

[sheri42]

Favorite Meal Memory

making rosette cookies & a humorous incident involving a sneeze #warmup4art #cldoodle24 #storyworth #rememberthemoments #sliceoflife #rosettefritters #clmooc #junedoodle

Mom’s embroidered dish towel on flour sack Inspiration My family asks us to write a post a week for Storyworth to share a bit our history to pass on to family. I am behind and need to catch up. Today’s question is: “What is one of your favorite holiday meals?” The Story Of course I loved Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with all the cousins to play with. I loved the turkey, cranberry sauce,…

[rouletteweekend]

November is National Novel Writing Month

Happy November. If you are in the writing world, you may have heard of NaNoWriMo. It’s national novel writing month and it’s kind of a big deal. In 2013, I completed it. I wrote 50,000 words in 30 days. Those words turned into the Nora Tree. Every year since, I’ve started and I haven’t finished. This year, I started again. Last Christmas, my son gifted me this thing called “Storyworth.” It’s one…

[likesplatterpaint]

It is April 8th and the first Mothers Day promo email has hit my inbox 😒

At least storyworth sent a “hey….you wanna opt out?” Email.

Etsy, on the other hand, fuck you :)

[whatimdoing-here]

Family word vomit under cut.

So here's the thing. My parents got married when they were 19, because they were pregnant with my older sister. From two drastically different backgrounds.

We got my dad storyworth last Christmas and he finished it, and gave us all the books while we were home. He's a writer (he's always been editors and such at newspapers), and never been an open or emotional guy. I learned more about him in those opening few entries than i feel like I've learned about his life before my siblings, than I ever knew before. He's able to open up through writing, just as I do, he just does it so much better.

No one thought my parents would make it. Even them sometimes. We're pretty sure they never got divorced because it would have cost too much. They still argue and fight but I was sitting down to eat lunch yesterday and looked over (all 4 of us kids, our partners, our kids/stepkids took up the extended table) and my dad was standing behind my mom with an arm around her shoulder, and she leaned back into them and they were just smiling and looking at everyone and I almost cried because it was like a movie - a private moment between a couple that has been together 45 years, watching what they've built and the love around all of us. Even telling my sister about it later I got choked up because it's... Not something I see from them often. And those situations where all of us can be together will become fewer as everyone gets older. We're all cherishing it.

Anyway. There's a bit of dad's writing. The book will be something I cherish forever, and storyworth is a gift worth giving to someone in your life.

[notsosilentsister]

Best, worst, ambivalent gifts

Most questionable gift - I knew that my mum wanted me to lose weight, so for Mother's Day I gave her coupons for me spending half an hour on the exercise bike. It kinda worked - mum was super-happy, and I did lose weight (for a while). But I probably didn't do myself any favours here, because it set me on a path of weight-cycling, which never led to any longterm weight loss and was presumably a bit hard on my heart (bioglogically and metaphorically).

Best gifts - there are a lot to choose from. My parents have sure spent a lot of money on me over the years, and I would be lying if I claimed that didn't often improve my life in rather significant ways eg. they paid my way through college, for two master degrees, for the better part of my twenties, leaving me with no student debt, and they paid for half of my house. I remember when mum first told me about her real estate plans, I was almost worried, because I somehow couldn't quite match her excitement. I thought it would feel super weird, to get something so big, having done basically nothing to earn it. But surprise, surprise, as soon as that house stood, I forgot all my scruples. I moved in two years ago and not a day passes without me thinking at least once "Wow, I really love my house". I feel it goes a bit against the spirit of the exercise, to first pick something extremly expensive - it’s fairly easy to gift something life-changing/memorable if you just spend unholy amounts of money. But not gonna lie, in the list of best gifts, the house is always going to rank pretty highly.  Another great gift was when my friends threw me a surprise birthday party for my 18th birthday and invited all of our class and everyone actually came, even my crush. It was a bit of gamble on my friend's part - I'm not usually much of a party girl and teenage-me often felt rather disconnected and out of sync with other people (my age, but honestly, also in general); I might have easily been the type to completely hate that sort of thing. But turns out, I'm not; I was completely floored by that gesture in the best way, utterly beside myself. I don't remember much about that night, only a moment in the morning, among the leaving guests and the empty bottels, when I wished I could rewind the clock and go through that door again, and be completely floored all over. My favourite gift from brother is a mixtape (the only mixtape I ever got). I don't listen much to music, but there's one song on it that will always make me sentimental: "Happy Birthday Lisa", written by Michael Jackson, from an episode of the Simpsons. I'm the older, not the younger sister, but the general sentiment hits just right. Best and worst gifts I gave - that's a hard one to answer for me; I'm afraid I'm not a terribly ambitious gift giver. I do like the idea of picking gifts for loved ones, and I like to think I'm not cheap, but my time-management is sub-par and my approach is usually fairly last-minute, so the results can be somewhat underwhelming. I like to think that I do have a good sense what kind of souvenirs to bring home for Mum from a journey, or what kind of books to give to my brother (although he often seems happiest about gift cards, to be honest), and I feel I also usually get it right with my Aunt (last year I gave her a Storyworth-subscription, following a recommendation on Mefi, and she seemed very enthusiastic about doing all the prompts). But I'm repeatedly stumped when it comes to Dad for instance, and while I hope my gifts are usually welcome, I don't think I've ever pulled off one that was particularly memorable. At least I think that my bad gifts are generic at worst; I do hope that I never committed one of the truly mortal sins, like buying something for myself and trying to sell it as a gift for another person, or buying a gift with fraught implications about desired behavior, or something like that.

[lauvra]

I'm in a fortunate position, both of my parents are alive and well enough and they're open to discourse that I never would have thought possible years ago, so tonight I'm sitting outside while my father sleeps, wondering how best to connect while he's here and make the most of his stay. Some stories have flowed naturally, but I'm greedy and just like some nights out with friends, I find it's really easy for a lot of time to pass by where not much is said and the ability to initiate interesting conversation is something I want to work on -- need to. I searched through posts on reddit for advice, and someone had suggested Storyworth, but I'm broke, so, I've decided to pull questions from every corner of the internet and compile my own project. Some of the questions I've scrolled past are silly, such as; "What would your pet sound like if they could talk?" mainly because he has a talking bird that I'm frequently coerced into conversation with over the phone. If anybody has helpful suggestions, I welcome them. I am trying my best to remain present, but there's a lot going on so some planning needs to be involved. I want to know if he ever made prank calls and whether he was popular at school, hear embarrassing moments and thoughts on ghosts, aliens and God. Naturally when my parents pass away, if they do first, so many faces at the funeral will be unknown to me and I'll hear some new stories -- I want to make sure I've asked important questions while I have the chance. Mostly just hope he knows that I care and am trying to connect. Tomorrow I'll take him to a bargain store for a canvas, he wanted me to paint from a reference picture he'd taken of the sunset and I plan to make him do it. 12:38AM. I'm going to head inside and try to read myself to sleep, I'm so behind on it that I've given up. Nobody knows how hard I'm trying to hold my tongue and become serene, I just need to make it one month further along. Please.

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

I believe that there are a lot of people who love getting storyworth as a gift and religiously complete it. It's just funny to me because absolutely no one in my family and especially not my parents would ever follow up with that at all

[bobmueller]

Cultivated Air of Eccentricity

"Writing is easy. You just open a vein and bleed." This week: Mastodon, tattoos, and landscaping. Oh, and some writing, too. #newblogpost

That phrase popped up in a Facebook post this week, where a friend shared this video from author John Green. It fits rather well with the whole “Writer Unfocused” concept, I think. @literallyjohngreen My big life ambition. ♬ original sound – John Green Mastodon Last weekend, a friend shared a link to MoveToDon.org, which lets you catch up with your Twitter friends who have moved over to…

[roxmind]

Dive into the world of nostalgia with StoryWorth login!

Preserve your family's stories in a private library and rediscover hidden gems from the past.

[writer-5]

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[sheri42]

Always a Choice

standing up for others and making choices that reflect kindness and empathy #smallpoems #clmooc #poetry24 #poetry #napowrimo #napowrimo24 #bekind

Daily Note Every day, a photograph, a poem. What is one of the riskiest or bravest things you’ve ever done? Accompanying Scott to a conference in Olympia, we searched downtown for a shoe store because Scott forgot his dress shoes.  While Scott shopped, I looked out the window, watching the passersby on the street. I noticed two gangster-dressed / attitude boys walking with another boy…

[lifestorypages]

These questions of storyworth are intended to delve into various aspects of the marital journey, allowing for a richer exploration of experiences, emotions, and insights that can contribute to a compelling memoir on the topic of marriage.

[leatherpenguin]

From Then to Now, but What's Next? - Copy

“How is life different today compared to when you were a child?” This was a question that a company called “StoryWorth” asked. You get to answer the questions in writing. They do this over 52 weeks and then they send you a book of all the responses. OK, I’ll play along…. IN THE BEGINNING First, let’s talk about what is the same. There are parents, who have achieved a certain level of…