Category: What is your story

I have always enjoyed watching people. Sometimes I will look at someone and think “what is your story?”. There are times when I will engage someone in conversation and the person will tell me about part of their journey in life. I love when someone can be unguarded, have no filter, and just share with me. My blog, Tell Me your story, was set up as a space for people to share a true, personal, story.

These days you see the so called “perfect life” of everyone on social media. The reality is that humans are imperfect. We all have stories, not just one story, but many stories. My grandfather, who was married to my grandmother for 62 years, once said to me: “Your Ana loves to tell stories.” ” Usually they are stories I have already heard, but every once in awhile she still surprises me and shares something about herself that I never knew!”

Perhaps I learned to appreciate personal stories because of the ones my grandmother told me throughout my life. Maybe I recognize that true accounts of people’s lives are precious, having grown up with a father who was an anthropologist. Whatever my reason is, I believe that telling your story is important; it can be told in many ways: Is your genre music, and the words you sing your tale? Do you have photographs you have taken that show an account of something you want to share? If you have a hard time writing, but the written word is the way you want for others to hear your story, I can help. How you tell your story is up to you.

Over the last three years, since I started Tell Me Your Story, I have “met” many people. Some have shared their stories with the readers of this blog. Others have reached out and told (only) me their tale. Each person has shared a part of themself with me and I have been touched. Here are some of the stories I have “published” that weren’t my own:

A Northwest Passage https://tell-me-your-story.org/2022/01/26/a-northwest-passage/

Call Me Joye https://tell-me-your-story.org/2022/06/22/call-me-joye/

On The Edge Of Being Homeless https://tell-me-your-story.org/2022/07/16/on-the-edge-of-being-homeless/

Cedar Springs- Joy, Sadness and Death In Dallas https://tell-me-your-story.org/2023/01/19/cedar-springs-joy-sadness-and-death-in-dallas/

Will this be the year you share a small (or large) part of who you are with others? What is your story?

If you would like to submit your story here is the link https://tell-me-your-story.org/contact/