How Writing Unboxes Memories We Haven’t Thought About in Decades

Julie C-W
Julie C-W
Sep 5, 2018 · 4 min read

(An exercise in free-flow, or “So you don’t think you have a memoir in you?”)

My mom (top left), my dad (top right) me (bottom right) my kid sister (bottom left). Our Family.

I’ve posted a few pieces about what life was like when I was a kid. I find that the more I write about my childhood, the more memories come back. It’s like opening a never-ending box at Christmas time! Have any of you felt that way? Writing prompts, whether advertised as being…

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Julie C-W

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Wife. Mom. Nana. Daughter. Sister. Photographer, wordsmith, lover of life and neither left nor right.

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