On Storytelling

We tell stories every day of our lives.

We tell stories to explain ourselves to others. We tell stories to elicit answers, to start conversations, to remember loved ones. We tell stories to our children. They can be bedtime stories, or moralising ones, or both.

We tell stories to our husbands and wives. They may show us in a better light! Or they may help us share those important, wonder-filled moments of our childhood.

Our stories are of joy, of loss, of denial, of belonging. Continue reading “On Storytelling”