Old love letters? Vinyl records? Family antiques? Your wedding dress? Your kids' refrigerator art? Think back ... what treasures have you retained over the years, through moves, garage sales, and trips to Goodwill? Do you keep them safely stored away or proudly on display? Share forward what you keep and why. (Give us a list if you like.)
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The Things I Keep (6 Stories)
Old love letters? Vinyl records? Family antiques? Your wedding dress? Your kids' refrigerator art? Think back ... what treasures have you retained over the years, through moves, garage sales, and trips to Goodwill? Do you keep them safely stored away or proudly on display? Share forward what you keep and why. (Give us a list if you like.)
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S#*t My Family Said (6 Stories)
Proverbs. Adages. Maxims. Think back ... to the bywords and sayings your family made its own, long ago or today. Perhaps it was an aphorism from the old country, a line from a movie, or just something cute a child uttered. Give us a list if you like. Share your family sayings forward. (Prompt suggested by a Beta tester.)
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Lost in Space (7 Stories)
Sputnik. Mercury. Star Trek. Star Wars. 2001. The Right Stuff. Cosmos. Between the space race and science fiction, we spent much of our formative years focused on the cosmos. Think back to the moon landing, Kurt Vonnegut, and Carl Sagan. What role did space dreams and sci-fi play in your life? Would you leave Earth to colonize Mars? Share your space stories forward.
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