Tag: childhood
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Peel back the mysteries of childhood
By Jerry Waxler, jerry@jerrywaxler.com Watching my nephew put a coat on his two-year-old daughter got me thinking about the parts of childhood most of us forget. She was on the floor flailing and screaming. Sensing my curiosity, my nephew looked up at me and said, “She’s screaming as if she’s being murdered.” It was true.…
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How Much Childhood Should I Include in My Memoir?
Even if your childhood doesn’t have sufficient drama to make it a story in its own right, you may have a sense that it is part of your “story that must be told.” If you keep coming back to that period of your life as an important aspect of the character you need to portray…
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