History

I had to write down Unity's history yesterday for our new Unity Basics booklet which is being updated. It was fun to go down memory lane. It made me remember that somewhere, maybe on my old computer's hard drive I have a document where I was recording all of the groups I've belonged to; the volunteer work I've done; places I've worked at or businesses that I've owned. I wish I could easily lay my hands on it to keep adding to the story of my life.

Do you have your life's history written down? My grandfather used to love to tell us of all his tales and now with his passing they are pretty much gone. No one wrote them down. For Christmas one year my mom created an album of my accomplishments to date and that is a treasured item. So today I am inviting you to think about making a history of your life to date. Maybe actually write it in a journal of some kind.

I can only imagine how future generations would value such a treasure, reading about their grandmother, great grandmother and the days of typewriters, pay phones, no cell phones, homes without computers, etc. They would be happy to get an insight into you, your thoughts and dreams. I know I would love to have such a journal from either of my grandparents or even my dad. What about you? Do you have such a journal from a parent or grandparent? Are you willing to make one?

Pic.. my great niece Penelope with her mom and great grandmother. I can only guess that when Penelope is a young adult she would love to know what her great grandmother's life was like.