Stories In Common

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Special Events

  • Halloween - What funny and scary moments do you recall?
  • Thanksgiving - Isn't it always interesting getting families together for a holiday?
  • Christmas - Share your happiest, funniest or saddest Christmas memories.

Family & Friends

  • Grandparents - They are more than your parents' mother and father. What makes or made them special?
  • Mom - Whether your mother is gone or still alive, what makes her special?
  • Dad - What are the most memorable stories about your father?
  • Siblings - We spend an awful lot of time with our brothers and sisters and stories are always happening.
  • Children - Your children can be an endless source of stories.
  • Friends and Acquaintances - Our friends and the people we meet along the way shape us as much as family.
  • Pets - They are loyal companions and the source of some wonderful stories.

Childhood

  • School - Stories of your friends, teachers and school experiences.
  • Summer camp - What happened to you that summer?

Adolescence

  • First date - Did you ask someone or visa versa? Was it great or a disaster?
  • Leaving home - When and why did you leave home? Exciting or sad?

Adulthood

  • How I met my spouse - What was unique about the way you met your husband or wife?
  • Proposals - Married folks all have a marriage proposal story. What's yours?
  • Weddings & Marriage - An awful lot of time and emotion go into marriage. Share the happy, funny and sad.
  • Giving birth - What was it unique? How did your husband handle it?
  • Adopting - Families are created in various ways and the process of adoption is unique.
  • Jobs - The worst and best of the work world.

Senior Years

  • Retiring - Was it painful or easy to retire? Did reality live up to your expectations?
  • Things put off - What things did you put off and why? Did you eventually take care of them?

Sad Times

  • Illness - Stories of illness and accident, both minor and major. Whether it was you, a friend or family member.
  • Surviving loss - How did you handle it when someone close to you died?
  • Regrets - What is it that you did or did not do that you regret today?
  • Addiction - Has addiction affected you or someone close to you?

Notable Moments

  • Momentous Choices & Events - What choice, action or event changed the course of your life?
  • Disaster - Disasters - natural, human and other - make a huge impact on our lives.
  • Small Moments - For the smaller moments and vignettes that define us.

About Me

Travel, Trips and Vacations

  • Business trips - Stories on travelling for work and being away from the family.
  • Class trips - Where did you go with your class? How old were you and what did you do?

Waiting Room

  • Uncategorized - For stories that don't easily fit an existing category. Reviewed monthly.