Leave a Trace
If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.
Barry Lopez
We have all grieved the sudden loss of our team member, Bonnie. She was a gifted keeper of stories for her family. To honor her I’ve chosen to focus PageKraft:WriteTrue on the significance of leaving a story. We are all committed to keeping the images and events and beautiful pages we create as a testimony to our families experience. But sometimes we need to drop deeper into our own hearts and think through what we want to tell others.
What have you learned about life that might help your son? What do you know about loss, for instance, that might nurture your niece in her long term care of her chronically ill husband? Is there knowledge about your mother, a deep story of wisdom, that you know and need to “keep” for your own children or for those you know? Is there some story of truth which you need to tell yourself?
Memories are particular and fragmented, and they are all we have to offer the loved ones with whom we have shared life.
Maureen Murdock
When you want to tell a story which will move another into deeper thought, tell the details - all the way down to the sensory specifics - and also tell the point. You will have a unique twist on the details you remember and the way you write it out. Those details, those unique qualities of your own mixing are part of how you share who YOU are. But to tell a truth in story you will want to give the point and that does not have to be straightly told, either. You can leave the reader with the truth in their lap without writing it out as a conclusion.
Elena has krafted this powerful page of renewal and the lessons of loss after a great life sea-change. The elegant design serves as a strong foundation for the transformational experience and her bold reorientation to life.
For a long while I have thought about teaching my grandpeople the importance of staying true to themselves. It is a complicated endeavor and one requiring ongoing attention. Worthy of a page of instruction in my opinion and from my own frame.
Think about what you might want to give back in the way of story. What would you like for others to know that will help them on their own life’s journey. This need not be about you but may be your own wisdom from someone else’s story.
Life and loss and chipping away the edges teaches us things which should be shared. Join us in this different way of PageKrafting and enrich our lives with your knowledge.
Leave a trace.
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