Prompts

How do you want to be remembered? Prompt #124

Humorous or serious – what would you write for your epitaph? Compose several brief epitaphs for yourself — the headlines you’d like to see on your headstone. Think of them as messages to future generations that convey how you want to be remembered. And then. . . write a story that explains why the epitaph is appropriate. You could also write this for your fictional character. Here are some ideas: He Was Happiest When He Was Young. Strongest When He Was Old. Family First, Last, and Always I’d Rather Be Smelling the Roses (Than Lying Underneath Them) Wish I Had It All to Do Over Again (So I Could Do It All the Same but Better) Prompt: Write your obituary, or your Life’s Tributes.  Share your writing here, on The Write Spot Blog. From Family Tales, Family Wisdom —  How to gather the stories of a lifetime and share them with…

Prompts

An epiphany . . . Prompt #117

* “An epiphany is a sudden realization of a significant event. At that special moment, a life meaning becomes clear to you —an insight into your personality, a discovery of something you value or believe in, an acute sense of where you are in life. Here’s an Epiphany Tale one elder told to her family: I must have been around seven or eight. It was summer, and we were visiting my aunt Clara up at Crystal Lake. I was alone, lying on my back by the banks of the lake, looking up at the sky, and I had my harmonica in my mouth. I was just breathing through it, in and out, not playing a melody, simply breathing. And suddenly, I was overcome with this wonderful feeling of connection to everything in the world. I’d say now it was a spiritual feeling. I listened to the sound my breathing made…