Is there any more misused, misunderstood word than "love"? So many stories related to love can be used in memoir. We have love for family members, friends, children, spouses, and even love for possessions, places, concepts, or non-tangible things that probably should be associated with some term other than love.
And yet we love ice cream, a favorite movie, or certain songs. Love is everywhere and fills up our lives. This doesn't even cover people who have loved us or at least thought they loved us. Entire memoirs can deal with the subject of love or love lost. The stories of love can be happy or sad or even analytical or angry.
Why do we love? Who do we love? The stories are many and many of those stories are very interesting. If the story is interesting then it might be worth telling in a memoir.
Do you have a first love whom you have never seen again since that earlier time? Have you had a tragic or hurtful break-up with someone you loved or thought you loved? Is there a long-lasting thick and thin type love story that you have to tell?
My husband and I have an incredible love story which I still can't believe happened to us but it did.
ReplyDeleteWhen I met my future husband for the first time I had the strongest physical reaction just like in the cartoons...pounding heart, roaring in my ears, and I swear stars dancing above my head. I was totally surprised no one else could hear all the commotion. Thanks for the visit. I did the A-Z but not as a challenge or with a theme and it took me over a year and a half to complete. there's a link on my sidebar.
ReplyDeleteYou really put some time into preparing for the Challenge!
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I love your new car. I love chocolate. I love my son and daughter. And what about those grandkids? I LOVE those kids. Love is a many splendored thing.
DeleteMy mother said once about a situation, "There's a think line between love and hate." She is correct.
Teresa, your mother had a good way of putting that.
DeleteLee
How could love not be in a memoir? We all have it and experience it in some form or another.
ReplyDeleteI was in love when I was a kid, but I never told him. I lost out on what could've been a great love. I regret not being honest. And I haven't seen him since all of those years ago when I left school. That would make a sad story for sure...if I felt like writing it, of course. ;)
-Chrys Fey
Tremp’s Troops - A to Z Co-co-host
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I thought I was in love a few times when I was a kid, but I really had no true concept of what that meant. Chrys, you could probably write a good story from your experience and you could always fictionalize it to add more interest.
DeleteLee
My love story is pretty simple: met guy in school, got married and had kids. I want to hear JoJo's story! :)
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