thoughts about the photo and what you recall
and notice looking at it anew.
14. Everyone has skills and achievements even if you
aren’t a famous person. Be positive.
15. List what no longer exists, like drive-in movies,
dial phones, milk delivery, passenger train travel
between towns, and others.
16. Create a web-like design with ‘school’ (or any
large topic) in the centre and label branches off
the central circle. You can branch these further
with more details. This is more of a diagram
approach to documenting your past experiences.
17. Other possible lists: jobs, moves, schools,
grateful for, regrets, travels, smells and other
senses as reminders (lavender always reminds
me of my grandmother on the farm), sports, pets,
collections, and various activities.
18. Name and briefl y describe your favourite
possessions.
19. With time we often look back and see the
humour in situations that did not seem the
least bit funny at the time. Experiment with an
example. (Once my husband cut his head on the
car door when out shopping, and the rest of the
day was rather chaotic. Even just a week later we
could see the humour in the day when we looked
at it from another angle. Yes, the stitches were
healing by then.)
20. Keep a small tablet handy in which to jot stories
as they come to you, which is also a way to
capture your history. You can buy books and
journals at gift and book stores where you simply
fi ll in the blanks about your life.
Conan Doyle stated, “It has been an axiom of mine that
the little things are infi nitely the most important.” You
may not be Sherlock Holmes, but you can become a
detective by looking into and writing about your
past. Begin! ●
When Sharon Goerg retired from teaching English
and language arts, she led curriculum workshops and
adult education classes. Having recently moved to
High River, she leads memoir groups, volunteers in
Grade 1, and tutors for the local literacy program.
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