how i learned to write

Two years ago i began a course on writing my autobiography. it was to have been a 10 weeks experience.  our leader told us we could opt for 7 weeks because 10 weeks some thought would be too long.  we did not think so but said OK anyway.  well, 7 weeks came and we were not ready to stop.  we went for three more weeks.   ahhh. she was through she said.  we said we were not. well, you all could take over and guide yourselves, if you wish.  we said we want to.  and she said you can continue to met at the community center too, if you wish.  we wished. and so this month is our two year anniversary. 

this is interesting because my husband and i just forgot our 23rd anniversay last week, but i am dead certain our  group will remember our 2nd one.  oh well. g and i will make up for this missed event this week.

so why is this. we are still together.  i believe the important part is that we read to each other what we write about our memories.  when in the beginning we were so large that we devided up into groups of four.  it was good to hear about the four but this did not do it. as we are in our little groups i for one wished to be hearing everyone else's, so i was always listening to those others around me who were not in our group.  Later as the 10 weeks went by our group got to 12 or 13 and we began to be able to hear everyone in our two hour time period. 

i think this is what did it.  we have become so into each other's lives that we are so eager to hear the next installment. It isn't just this.  We have become aware of our own personal growth through all the remembering and all the encouragement we has given and recieved from each other. 

next...more about us. s