My “Nanny” who inspires me in so many ways.
I guest posted on Organizing Your Way by Mandi Ehman on September 1st. Here’s part of that post.
One thing that often gets neglected as we run through our days is story telling and story keeping. In the long run, we would all agree that preserving our story for the ones we love is more valuable than many of our urgent tasks, and yet “write out the stories my childhood” never makes it onto our to do list.
My grandmother was a senior in high school in 1947, and some wise and wonderful English teacher gave her the assignment to write one page about each year of her life from her birth up to her current age. She kept this assignment and recently added to it and gave it to us for Christmas. This has been the most AMAZING gift I have ever received.
Growing up on a farm in Kansas she recalls her pet goat “Billy,” dressing up lambs as babies, and raising chicks with her sister so that they could earn enough money to buy a bicycle to share. She spoke of her fear at the age of eleven when Pearl Harbor was bombed, and her confusion about what it all meant. In high school she served as the editor for the school paper. I love being able to read her story and knowing that it is connected to mine….
Visit Organizing Your Way to read the 9 valuable tips I shared for organizing your memories.
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