Hah you and I both! I'm currently awaiting the death of my dad so that one of my brothers and myself can get this book written. I would start now, but really I love my dad, I wouldn't want to see him in nick (again) nor have him sought out and murdered!
On 27 July, 12:47, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > I never met my grandparents though I knew some uncles/aunts but I > seemed to have been whisked away from family as history and tradition. > Mother left school after 10th grade and landed in the big city winding > up marrying two very successful men. She invented herself via the > movies- her version of Hedy Lamar- told me I was part Hungarian until > she she finally admitted I was half Lebanese. Tempered by French and > Scot-Irish. She was a riot and also a grief as she hadn't a clue what > to do with an educated daughter and was not very fair with me > afterall, but finally, after decades I forgive her and love her which > I knew I must tackle- she did the best she could. I did better. My > daughters and sons will do even better. Progess!// Between the > lukewarm Mafia, restaurant owners, Mother Superiors of Convents- I > certainly had a strange childhood. > > On Jul 26, 12:16 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "... On Jul 25, 6:12 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: ..." > > > > I really should write a memoir for the family before I kick the > > > bucket. I have so many tales to tell them that I have tucked away > > > while being their mom. And the occasional story misses the overview. > > > Yes, you should. In later years they will all be so grateful for your > > words and you may even inspire them to carry on the tradition. Not > > having much of a family history myself, I can feel its absence > > sharply. > > > > I think their reviews would be mixed- the eldest and youngest would be > > > uncomfortable- the two in the middle would enjoy and understand it, > > > Now- I have contradicted myself- I am prejudging my readers and would > > > that inhibit my writing? I tend to be very open and honest- or try to > > > be- and would I want to sugar-coat facts to create a mother-myth? I'll > > > think about that. > > > Molly, yes you would. You'd write for those prejudices and biases but > > that's not necessarily a bad thing nor could you not do it if you > > wanted to. But it can be good. It depends on how you handle it. If > > you can recognize when you are doing it and include that awareness in > > the writing, for instance. But you can no more escape the natural > > bias your life experience brings to bear than can Sotomayor.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
