Did you listen when your elders reminisced about times gone by?
Can you recall their stories about childhood, adventures, laughter, loves, heartbreaks and where they lived?
These stories are the keys that unlock our history.
Now, we are the elders, the keepers of the keys to our family’s treasures, the stories that provide a sense of belonging and meaning. I believe to truly understand who we are; we need to know where we’re from.
Unraveling our roots reveals our origin stories. Where did you inherit your knack for knitting, sense of humor, curiosity or aversion to bugs?
We are the closest connection to the Greatest Generation. Their memories hold a treasure trove of stories that provide priceless history lessons and insight into ingenuity, rallying for a cause and the pride of collaborating for the good of our country and communities.
Their perspectives are the hidden gems inside each story. Pride for country and prejudice against authoritarian regimes. They crossed oceans and continents to pursue, fight and die for the American Dream.
Each generation removed forgets our founding family members’ brave journey to uphold and ignite the Grand Experiment that is the American Dream.
The responsibility to curate and craft the stories of our past now lies with us. Our family’s histories depend on our ability to capture and pass down these stories to the next generation.
As geography and technology disconnect, our lineage depends on keeping the storylines going. Each of us is responsible to gather, assemble and share the rich histories that weave tales of tradition, tenacity, tension, togetherness and passes down the story of us to provide a foundation for future generations, and offer a vision of where we can go.
What stories will you catch today?