"Life's a Journey" family stories series

2012 sees the launch of a new weekly series of posts – a chance to involve you in a more participative element to this family stories Blog.

As you know by now, my obsession is the preservation of our family stories and memories for future generations.  Our children are unlikely to ever ask us about our past until they themselves feel a sense of mortality, by which time it may well be too late, as I found to my cost. The photographs of family times past may sit in their box, but they lack narrative and context which I am unable to provide since I was either too young to remember the occasion, or simply not there.

It is a parent’s obligation to capture for safe-keeping the memories which we make with our children each and every day as they grow and learn. Our legacy for them, all laid out in pictures and words.

Each Tuesday I will revisit a memory from some part or other of my life, and the idea is that you join in and do the same! Don’t leave me exposed, man.

There will  be moments of fun, moments of sadness, and probably some bad hair errors, but don’t be put off.

Post an entry to your own Blog  and use the Linky tool  below each of my entries to add your memories into the fray. If you like, just leave a comment and join in that way, but do join in.

If you feel sexy, grab the code too and post it into your Blog entry – that way, everyone can get the list of entries from you too – it’s good to share.
Please visit the other blogs on the list and leave a comment or two – it makes everyone’s day!

In this series:-

1. My earliest baby photo – 10th January 2012

2. The school portrait – 17th January 2012

3. Earliest writings, by Helen – 24th January 2012

4. Bestest Friends – 31st January 2012

5. Teenage Crushes – 7th February 2012

6. First Movie Memories – 14th February 2012

7. The Song You Snogged Your Hand To – 21st February 2012

8. Homage to Grandparents – 28th February 2012

9. Favourite Childhood Books – 6th March 2012

10. Tying the Knot (again) – 13th March 2012

11. ‘Blue’. Girl Guides, revisited – 20th March 2012

12. Cuddly Companions of Yesteryear – 27th March 2012

13. A Rope, Some Pals and Jelly on a Plate – 3rd April 2012

14. Pink NHS spectacles, 1975 – 17th April 2012

15. Regrettable hairstyles of the 1980s : The Mullet - 24th April 2012

16. The Lo-Tech Times of Childhood – 1st May 2012

17. Rollermania! - 8th May 2012

18. Old Teen Magazines – 15th May 2012

19. Becoming a Parent – 22nd May 2012

20. First holiday without parents – 29th May 2012

21. Memories of Pets – 5th June 2012

Monkey Magic

22. Childhood TV Classics – 12th June 2012

23. Leaving Home – 19th June 2012

24. Old Boyfriends – 26th June 2012

25. Vintage Hunks - 3rd July 2012

26. The Drives of my Life – 10th July 2012

27. Penny Chews – 17 July 2012

28. The Tooth Fairy – 31 July 2012

29. We’re going to the Zoo – 7 August 2012

30. A life told in hair! – 13 August 2012

31. Me and my bike – 21 August 2012

32. This was the Summer when we… – 28 August 2012

33. Back to school memories - 4 Sept 2012

34. Home Movies – 11 Sept 2012

35. Sunday Lunch – 18 September 2012

36. THAT Photo – 25 September 2012

37. Dear Santa – 2 October 2012

38. The budding artist – 9 October 2012

39. My Home Town – 16th October 2012

40. The day I was born – 23rd October 2012

41. Frightful Faces - 30th October 2012

42. Remember Remember – 6th November 2012

43. Learning to swim – 13th November 2012

44. Little Bricks, Big Nostalgia – 20th November 2012

45. Buying your first record – 27th November 2012

46. Board Games - 4th December 2012

47. Tinsel and Tat – 12th December 2012

48. Christmas Cake Kitsch – 19th December 2012

49. First step on the career ladder – 8th January 2013

50. Driving Test Nostalgia – 15th January 2013

51. D.I.V.O.R.C.E. – 22nd January 2013

52. Man’s Best Friend – 29th January 2013

53. Childhood Self Portraits – 4th February 2013

54. Old Valentines – 12th February 2013

Life’s a Journey series – a year in review – 26th February 2013

55. Mum – 5th March 2013

56. My First Date – 12th March 2013

57. Chickenpox! – 19th March 2013

58. Walking AND Talking? Phone nostalgia – 26th March 2013

59. The Big Sex Talk – 16th April 2013

60. Hospitalised! – 23rd April 2013

61. Growing up with cigarettes – 30th April 2013

62. Childhood Birthday Parties – 6th May 2013