Is this the year you will write your personal history? Each month I will have a topic or category with some “memory triggers” to get you started thinking and writing.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Your Birth


What do you know about the when, where, and how of your birth? (The hour, the day of the week, the date, your weight, the town, city, county; other details?)

What are some of the things your parents and close relatives may have told you (or written) about your birth?

Were you born in unusual circumstances? In an unusual place? At home, in a hospital, or on the way there?

Did your parents tell you how they came to name you? How do you like your name? Did it give you problems later?

Were you an only child? Were there other children? Were you the oldest, youngest, middle?

How old were your parents at the time of your birth? What work was your father and/or mother engaged in? Would you say they were poor, of modest means, well off?

Did your parents keep a “baby” book? You may find a wealth of information as well as pictures, anecdotes, medical history, special events, etc., recorded there.

Is there something humorous you always say about your birth?

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