THE PROBLEM WITH SHARING A MEMORY

 ONE OF THE ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH THE JOURNALING

AND WRITINGS OF MY PAST IS MAKING SURE

IT IS FACTUAL AND NOT JUST HOW I SEE IT 

IN MY MIND AND HEART.

I REMEMBER LONG AGO READING A BOOK CALLED

 A MILLION LITTLE PIECES

IT WAS A BEST SELLER AND AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB READ.

HE WAS EVEN ON OPRAH, ONCE TO PROMOTE HIS BOOK

AND THE NEXT TIME TO DEFEND HIS BOOK.

IT WAS SAID THAT IS WAS LISTED AS A AUTOBIOGRAPHY

WHEN IN FACT THERE WAS LOTS OF FALSE STATEMENTS.

THE BOOK WAS ABOUT HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH HIS DRUG ADDICTION.

I REMEMBER BACK THEN SHARING WITH JESI 

THAT ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT HAVE ALL BEEN TRUE,

IT WAS HIS MEMORY OF THOS HARD TIMES.

WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS THREE SIDES 

TO EVERY STORY. THE TRUTH ONE IS THE ONE THAT SUFFERS

WHEN WRITING A BOOK.

IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS I HAVE BEEN HESITANT

TO PUBLISH MY OWN CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF 

SURVIVING CANCER AND GROWING UP IN A BIG HOME.

THESE ARE MY MEMORIES AND I HAVE NO WAY OF 

KNOWING JUST HOW TRUE THEY ARE.

THEN RECENTLY WHILE LISTENING TO A PODCAST 

AN AUTHOR SPOKE ABOUT HER MEMOIR.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE GOT THIS CERTAIN DEFINITION

BUT IT WAS IMPACTFUL TO ME.

MEMOIR: A WORK OF IMPERFECT MEMORY

IN WHICH YOU METICULOUSLY CAPTURE ALL

THAT YOU CAN RECALL AND USE INFORMED 

IMAGINATION TO FILL IN WHAT REMAINS.

A LIGHTBULB MOMENT AS IT GAVE ME REASON 

TO PROCEED WITH MY WRITING,

COMBING THROUGH JOURNALS AND OLD BLOGS

TO SHARE MY MEMORIES WITIH OTHERS.

2022 I SEARCH MY HEART AND SOUL TO MAKE

A MEMOIR TO SHARE WITH OTHERS.