6 words memoirs10/18/2023 ![]() ![]() We have invited our sponsors and attendees to share their story on social media. Once again, the Six-Word process proved to be a wonderful way to engage with our local community. ![]() Most recently, I have been given the opportunity to work alongside a talented group of writers who are producing the Milton Literary Festival in Milton, GA. We printed a selection on bookmarks that were given to each attendee, and the table centerpieces included the Six-Word Memoir written by Kate’s Club founder, Kate Atwood.īelow: A sampling from the children at Kate’s Club. People from all over Atlanta posted their own memoir based on the theme, The Story of Us. After contacting Six-Word Memoir founder, Larry Smith, he generously allowed us to bring the Six-Word process out into our community to help promote the 2016 Annual Spirit of Kate’s Club Gala. We immediately knew that this process would resonate with our grief community. The memoirs flowed out of the children with ease, some tears, and a good bit of healing laughter. I introduced the Six-Word concept to the kids at the clubhouse during a Saturday afternoon creative writing activity. ![]() I began volunteering at Kate’s Club in Atlanta, which is a nonprofit organization open to all children and teens, age five to eighteen, who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. I have no idea who first introduced me to Six-Word Memoirs® but thank you, thank you whoever you are! I could survive six-words at a time.Īs my wounded heart began to heal, I was delighted how the Six-Word Memoir process propelled me into the next chapter of my life. I couldn’t grasp more than a few sentences at a time: pregnancy hormones and shock are not a good recipe for retaining information. The mound of grief books provided by loved ones proved too high and difficult to tackle. It felt like a pact between myself and my two boys. This innocent new life deserved a sane and fully present mother. I was pregnant and knew from the depth of my soul that I had to find a way to heal for the sake of Jack’s little brother. Honestly, at times I wasn’t sure I wanted to, but life had other plans for me. The loss of my sweet boy felt too big to survive. More importantly, I found my own path, one deeply rooted in the belief that every day I had the choice to live a gratitude-filled life. I read every self-help book, attended grief workshops, found a higher power, served those who had experienced loss, and eventually created a life I knew my parents would be proud of. I had already survived, and even thrived, after the loss of my mom when I was fifteen years old, and my father’s death just eleven months later. In 2005, my beautiful son Jack Austin died. The tear-soaked paper only reminded me how fragile my world had become. Writing had always been my go-to for personal growth and clarity but at this point in my life, filling pages with words did nothing for me. I had spent months trying to express the grief and pain that was tearing my heart apart. It will help you the next time these letters, M E M O I R S come up in a word scramble game.The Six-Word Memoir process came into my life at the perfect time. How is this helpful? Well, it shows you the anagrams of memoirs scrambled in different ways and helps you recognize the set of letters more easily. The different ways a word can be scrambled is called "permutations" of the word.Īccording to Google, this is the definition of permutation: a way, especially one of several possible variations, in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged. According to our other word scramble maker, MEMOIRS can be scrambled in many ways. ![]()
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