I must admit, my life has been blessed. Disappointments and setbacks were not unmanageable. I’ve lost elders, comforted those who lost children and life partners, and endured cancer treatments. The detours to my life path have more side steps rather than a total reset. Like I said, blessed.
My theme for the 2022 AtoZ Blog Challenge is titled Grand Prompts To Ask Your Grands. Each day in April I will present a conversation starter/journal prompt to ask your parents, grandparents, aunts, older neighbors, co-workers, yourself…you get the idea. The questions are meant to forge connections between and within generations and inspire storytelling and journaling.
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Hope you are hungry. Becoming America’s Food Stories recalls the tales that have been told around my family’s dinner table. The histories explain the motivations over bowls of macaroni, antics play out while slurping soup, and laughter echoes throughout the dining room. Pull up a seat. There’s always room.
The Heart of Bakers and Artistsis set in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, 1911. The story follows nine-year-old Lily, an American-born child of Sicilian immigrants, who wants to prove she is not a little kid. To be a big kid in the crowded tenement neighborhoods, she must tackle bigotry, bullies, disasters, dotty bakers, and learn to cross the street by herself
The Dreams of Singers and Sluggers picks up where The Heart of Bakers and Artists left off.Lily has big dreams to sing out with her powerful voice, but must do EVERYTHING, since Mama fell into a deep depression, the baby is sick, and the “Black Hand” terrorizes the neighborhood, threatening her chance to sing at the New York Highlanders Fourth of July baseball game.
Antoinette Truglio Martin is the author of Hug Everyone You Know: A Year of Community, Courage, and Cancer. The memoir is a wimpy patient’s journey through her first year of breast cancer treatment.
I too have been lucky in that the detours I’ve hit have all been manageable and even when they’ve been awful they were a normal part of life’s progression. A great prompt to foster discussion among the generations. Weekends In Maine
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Nice one.
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This is another great question. Very thought-provoking!
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I too have been lucky in that the detours I’ve hit have all been manageable and even when they’ve been awful they were a normal part of life’s progression. A great prompt to foster discussion among the generations. Weekends In Maine
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Yes, I’ve found this prompt answers a lot of questions.
Thanks for reading
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