everyone has a story to tell

From a Facebook post of mine 4/25/11 

Everyone has a story to tell.  You have a story and I have a story. Some of us want to tell our story and others desire not to.  But we all could tell a story.

I was looking at some blogs and so many of them tell a story.  After reading about the fallacy of Three Cups of Tea, one has to wonder why write a story that is not true?  Well, I think we have desires to tell stories that make us feel good as well.

But, we all have a story to tell.  As a speech instructor I found that many students who were scared to get up in front of people still had something they wanted to say but could not.  Not until they learned how to organize their thoughts.  

In Toastmasters there is a program called story telling.  I always enjoyed hearing the stories that could be told.

The gumbas and I make up stories all the time.  I even wrote a short story about an adventure we went on seeking some "treasure."  It was a story. And we wanted to tell it.

After the bride and I were married and our first was born, we would go to P'Cola and visit Grandpa Engelman.  Well, we would sneak off for some scuppernong wine and he would tell me some stories.  He would state that he never told anyone these stories but he felt he could tell me.  Some crazy stories about jumping ships and traveling the world over never with a passport. 

Once in a while at the veterans home one of the old warriors would tell a story about a battle or event in his life.  In the hospital there is always someone wanting to talk, wanting to share something that would otherwise be lost.

Yes, we have stories and we want to tell them.  

What is your story?  

Need a recipe for scuppernong wine?  http://www.grapestomper.com/recscprnog.html