{"id":12192,"date":"2022-11-14T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12192"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:21:27","slug":"the-stories-we-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/the-stories-we-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stories We Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gaines.TheStoriesWeTell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12193\" width=\"173\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gaines.TheStoriesWeTell.jpg 303w, https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Gaines.TheStoriesWeTell-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Jo [Gaines] shares how the process of writing her new book led her to see more clearly the fullness of her story: Every piece, worthy. Every chapter, a bridge. Every moment that shaped her, brought to the surface.&#8221; Winter 2022, Magnolia magazine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI ended up discovering a lot in my story: clarity, healing, deeper truths I didn\u2019t know I could get to. But mostly, these pages brought me back to myself, back to those tender little moments I thought I\u2019d lost. In writing down my story, I had the chance to relive some of the very best chapters of my life.\u201d \u2014Joanna Gaines, Winter 2022 issue of Magnolia magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your turn:<\/strong> Books like Joanna&#8217;s as well as The Write Spot books might help you write your stories, and like Jo, you might find clarity and healing, remembering what you have forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stories-We-Tell-Every-Matters\/dp\/1400333873\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1IQ5TRS7R39VT&amp;keywords=joanne+gaines&amp;qid=1668452538&amp;sprefix=joanna+gaines%2Caps%2C153&amp;sr=8-2\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stories-We-Tell-Every-Matters\/dp\/1400333873\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1IQ5TRS7R39VT&amp;keywords=joanne+gaines&amp;qid=1668452538&amp;sprefix=joanna+gaines%2Caps%2C153&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters\u201d <\/a>by Joanna Gaines and all <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marlene-Cullen\/e\/B07ZYNGC99?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1668453280&amp;sr=8-1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Marlene-Cullen\/e\/B07ZYNGC99?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&amp;qid=1668453280&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">The Write Spot books<\/a> are available from your local bookseller and from Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jo [Gaines] shares how the process of writing her new book led her to see more clearly the fullness of her story: Every piece, worthy. 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