by Memoir Mentor on February 5, 2012
I bought my husband a Valentine a few days ago, just like I’ve been doing for the last four decades. Yep, we’ve been together that long, and even though it has been that long, I still want him to know I love him in that way. He shows me in multiple ways that he still [...]
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Johnny Mathis,
The Twelfth of Never,
Write romantically
by Memoir Mentor on January 10, 2012
It starts after I heft the last of the Christmas decorations into the garage attic. I look at the blank spaces in my house where the manger scene, Christmas village, and other decorations sat and realize I need to fill them with the pictures, flower arrangements, and other doo-dads that sit in those places the [...]
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Memoir Mentor,
Memoir Writing,
Organization,
personal-history
by Memoir Mentor on December 9, 2011
Thinking about incidents from my past I may write about brings up emotions associated with those experiences. When I write a story about an event in my life, it’s as important that I communicate how the incident made me feel as it is that I describe what happened. One way to accomplish this is to [...]
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Banff,
Bow River,
British Columbia,
Canada,
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel,
Molly Shelton