issi
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I am often intrigued by the titles some authors choose for their autobiographies. Some are obviously a pun on their best-known works but others require a bit of delving before you discover what they are about. Sharon Osbourne for instance called hers "Extreme". What would you have as the title of your life story? Mine would be, "Dear God This Was Not The Life I Ordered", because the words "God" and "order" have been a large part of my life. I managed to fit them into a sentence that possibly a good many people can relate to. I don't know if anyone else has used that title or whether I have just made it up.
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dizeeblonde
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Issi that's a good one, had to have a little think about this and mine would have to be
Rebel with a cause. A play on words of the title of the famous James Dean film.
It sums me up really as I have been like this since primary school, and still am. I was never naughty but if something was unjust would always question or try to change it.
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Sella_Vee
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Dizee, I'm more likely to be rebel without a clue - actually, I'm not even much of a rebel.
Issi, I don't think I'd know what to call my autobiography until I'd written it.
I've often wondered about writing down things from my childhood, but I don't know if I'll ever get round to it.
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issi
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Hi Sella Vee. I once "interviewed" my father when we took him on holiday with us. He was about 80 at the time. I asked him to talk about his life, anecdotes from his youth, what kind of a house he was brought up in etc. I also said he had no need to talk about anything that made him feel bad. He loved it and I wrote notes down as he spoke. I still have the notebook. The interesting thing is that although the memories are in any order the story is there. I would suggest writing things down from childhood in a notebook, as and when you remember things. It is a start and is not in the least strenuous.
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Sella_Vee
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Issi, I wish I'd thought to do that when my parents were still alive. I now have no one left of that generation. Sometimes posts on Your Lives trigger memories. One interesting thing I find is that having been brought up in Scotland, but having lived in England for longer, my dialect words are changing, and I probably speak a different language now to the one I grew up with, in terms of sayings and expressions.
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issi
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I came to London with a broad Stoke-on-Trent accent. I find I revert to it when my sisters come to stay - or so I am told. I cannot hear it myself. You say that posts sometimes trigger memories and I think that is a good place to start in writing them down.
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Ashbee
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Issi - I did that with my father and still have the notes - I'm using them now as the basis for researching his bit of the family tree and it's been interesting. My regret is that I didn't record his voice but maybe that would have been a memory too many now that he's no longer here. I have had a few similar conversations with my mum but she prefers to write it all down for me - at 74 she's busy on her laptop writing up her memories and I think it's also cathartic for her. I would encourage anyone to talk to their relatives about the past - they generally love doing it and can be very entertaining, not to mention revealing!!!
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Ginnie
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I was very lucky to have a Grandma till I was 50. I talked to her a lot and have some lovely stories but I still wish I had more.
I'll have to think about my autobiography title
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