YOUR LIFE IS YOUR STORY
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Sandra Marinella’s The Story You Need to Tell is a collection of illuminating stories that show us the power of writing to transform our lives.
Sandra Marinella has written a wonderful guide for all those struggling to make sense of the story of their lives! It can serve as the perfect prescription for real healing.
The Story You Need to Tell is a beautifully written book with stories that inspire the readers to make their way through trauma, illness, loss, and hardship.
Sandra Marinella brings keen research skills, a brilliant storytelling voice and a distinguished teaching career to this cohesive guide for writing the unspeakable.
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Writing Prompt: The Guest House
As we honor Breast Cancer Awareness month and as we continue to face-off with the pandemic, let’s write about how we can work to understand “unwanted guests” and to find ways to learn from them.
Begin by simply choosing one of these sentence stems and write about it for five minutes. If it takes you into a story, keep writing. If your writing stalls, try another one.
- One of the guests I have loved having in my life is _____ .
- One guest I will never forget was _____ .
- One unwanted guest in my life was _____ .
- A most unwanted guest in my life was (illness or loss) because _____.
- I did not want to face (name of an illness or a loss) but this is what I learned _____.
- My illness (or someone else’s illness) taught me ______
- The pandemic has been hard, but I have learned _____
Give yourself some time and space from this writing. Then come back to it and reflect on what you have learned and experienced. What guests have helped you to grow and become more of the person you want to be?
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