As my story has continued to evolve, and my therapy sessions have revealed more about my youthful memories, I plan to share with you some of my most important memories that help me to tell you about my journey through my younger years. These memories will be captured in vignette writings of my younger years. And through these vignette writings of my memories, you will discover the essence of who I grew to become, and how my young life was influenced and challenged by the events. And some of these memories will be presented without details to make them more appropriate for sharing with you. This is how I plan on telling my story.
And to help you better understand my younger years, I will present my geographical location in each vignette writing when necessary. I will also present my location relative to that time to an impactful historical moment. And some vignette writing reflecting my memories do have a concurrence with these historical events.
I am also presenting my age at the time of these historical events.
The historical events I have selected do have a direct relationship to my experiences during the years and events presented, either directly or indirectly. From what I have learned, presenting a timeline can be most useful in helping to direct your memoir memories to a logical pause or conclusion as you contemplate what’s next.
My Younger Years Historical Events Timeline:
1963 – John F Kennedy Assassination: 8 years old
1965 – Lost In Space TV Show: 10 years old
1966 – Star Trek TV Show: 11 years old
1968 – Julia TV Show: 12 years old
1969 – Apollo 11 Moon Landing: 13 years old
1970 – Apollo 13 Accident: 14 years old
1973 – US Military Draft Ended: 17 years old
1976 – United States of America Bicentennial: 21 years old