CREATIVITY AND MEMOIR
I know a bit about my grandparents, but nothing about my great-grandparents. Wish I
knew what songs they sang, what foods they liked, what books they read. I will never
know.
Jim Gibson wrote a lovely story about a phone call that changed his life. His loved
ones, fifty and a hundred years from now, will read his story and learn a
bit about the ‘mating habits’ of their ancestors. Jim joined several
members of Westwood UMC in a writing workshop that met after
church. He faithfully wrote the assignments I asked people in the
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