Category Archives: memories

Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of your past

Posted on December 3, 2017 by moonbridgebooks

Ebenezer Scrooge and A Christmas Carol was the subject of our Sunday morning sermon at church. Or rather, confronting the ghosts of your past to put behind your brokenness and narrate a new future. Writing family history and memoir can … Continue reading →

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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: history and truth through personal stories

Posted on October 26, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

I love historical documentaries, partly because they usually include personal stories. The other day I saw The Pruitt-Igoe Myth, an independent film documenting the rise and fall of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe public housing project in downtown St. Louis. All I … Continue reading →

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What are your earliest memories?

Posted on May 12, 2014 by moonbridgebooks

A post in one of the LinkedIn groups I’m in asked what were people’s earliest memories. Surprisingly, quite a few people had toddler (pre-language) memories, and some even baby memories! Some were traumatic, as to be expected, such as discovering … Continue reading →

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