Our monthly one-on-one conversation
This episode is our one-on-one conversation for December. Stories are important, and stories shared between family members are doubly so. Stories shared between family members help the family identify what is important to the family and what the family values regarding morals and actions and our relationships.
Don’t get me wrong, not every story has to be weighty or full of moral lessons. Stories for enjoyment can be just as powerful in creating memories about a night around a fire or a kitchen table for the participants.
With this episode, I share a few tips that can help make your story time experience enjoyable AND impactful. A few of those tips are listed below.
- Choose Stories YOU Like
- Practice Your Story
- Take Out the Slow Parts
- Keep the Story Moving
- Use Gestures
- Avoid giving ‘The Moral of the Story’ Finish
You might not even need to tell a story by memory, there are some great short stories and epic poems you can read and share with the grandchildren. For example, I read the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”
I hope you take some time at the end of this year to sit down in person or even over a video chat to share some stories with your family.
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