Weekend Thought : Your 12 Stories

Wow, this was harder than I thought it would be. Okay, here are mine:
1. My family history (my grandparents met and fell in love in a concentration camp during the holocaust, super amazing story)
2. My husband's family history
3. Our dating/engagement
4. Our wedding
5. The birth of our little boy
6. Our little boy's diagnosis of SI and Hypotonia (and the long road of tests to get to that point)
7. The first time he walked
8. The first time he jumped
9. When he finally got accepted into the Developmental Preschool program (took three times)/First day of preschool
10. Our major home remodel
11. Our "week in the life" layout (helps me realize how incredibly blessed we are every day)
12. Our tenth anniversary (Note: this layout hasn't been done yet, our anniversary is on July 31st - will definitely be a defining moment in both our lives).
Really looking forward to seeing yours!

This one is difficult. I'm at a point where I feel like I'm just starting life, having not had those life changing moments happen yet, but at the same time, I feel like I've already seen so much. I feel like a lot of what I'm doing is waiting...waiting to be engaged to someone who really loves me...waiting to get married...waiting to buy a home for just us...waiting to have some beautiful children of my own. I'd really have to think about what's happened to define my life NOW and not what I wish would happen to define my life LATER.

ali i love how you plant these little seeds for us to stretch our minds and extend ourselves. i will be contemplating mine but most of what is said above plus more. can't wait to see what you come up with though - always anticipate your creativeness. have a lovely weekend with your babies. hugs.

Thats a great idea! I'm going to have to think about that for awhile. Everyone has some great ideas.=]

I am SO loving this post. I started a book of me a few years ago but have only worked on a few pages so far. I used I am... as a title for each page. So the pages are:
I am...
1 . a generation (the story of how my ancestors came to america)
2. a granddaughter (my grandparents stories and my relationships with them)
3. a daughter (my parents stories and what I learned from them)
4. a beginning - photos from my birth and my first few days of life and facts from history about what the cost of milk was, #1 song, etc
5. a growing girl - photos from my youth and favorite memories
6. a sister - photos of my six siblings, their facts about their families and my relationships with them
7. a student - all my school photos through the years and different facts about my teachers, friends, boyfriends, favorite subjects etc.
8. a fanatic - different things I have been really into (movies, music, etc)
9. a wife - my love story with my hubby
10. a mother-to-be - my hopes to one day have kids
11. an artist - photography, scrapping, and different things I have created over the years
12. a professional - my career and where I have worked and where I have (hopefully) finally settled
I have more, but if I had to narrow it down, these would be a good summary. Thanks for sharing everyone, I am getting so many new ideas! =)

i LOVE this idea...i'm totally inspired :-) Thanks, Lisa!

Thanks for making me think... it was interesting to see your little seed did when it was planted... here's my end result!!!
I couldn't just put my life down on one page... being the age I am... I have become who I am because of my life, from childhood to teen years to the selfish 20's reflective 30's and accepting 40's... each would need it's own page...
Anyway, this is what I came up with...
1. My childhood (holidays, the 28 places I lived including the farms, crushes, my family, my 2 sisters, my brother, best childhood memories)
2. My Teen years (jr/sr high, dates, cheer, friends, crushes, Church camp, holidays, my family, my 2 sisters, my brother, mistakes I made and what I would do different)
3. My 20's (hopes, dreams, college, art & how it's influenced my life, friends, disastrous dates that now make me laugh, broken hearts, holidays, my family, my 2 sisters, my brother, mistakes I made and what I would do different)
4. My 30's (becoming more aware of my life & make better choices, dating, being single, disastrous dates that now make me laugh, friends, holidays, my family, my 2 sisters, my brother, mistakes I made and what I would do different)
5. My 40's (accepting singleness, getting married, getting pregnant, friends, my family, my 2 sisters, my brother, holidays, buying a home, work, becoming a SAHM, taking time to enjoy everyday moments)
6. Why I love my husband
7. My children (Daughter, step-son, newphew I raised)
8. My mom & dad (their love story, what kind of influence they were in my life, caring for them as they've become sick)
9. My Family tree (Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, Nephews, Cousins)
10. Art (school, teachers, stages, techniques, mediums, computer, graphic design... how it's stimulated my life and made me who I am)
11. Travel (places I've been and hope to go to)
12. My relationship with Christ (being a Christian, how it's changed my life & why my life is so much richer)

1. My birth
2. The town I grew up in and my life
3. How I met my husband
4. Our wedding
5. Us right now
6. Our hopes and dreams
7. Our favorites and things totally us
8. Our family
9. Nursing school
10. Where we want to go and do
11. Our Goals
12. The Future
I think the order would be different. Thanks for this....it really got me thinking!

Wow! Very interesting to think about. Let's see... I'll probably do these:
1. my childhood
2. my parents/siblings
3. how i met my husband
4. our 1st year together as husband and wife
5. my daughter
6. my son
7. our 1st home
8. right now
9. my favorites
10. my career
11. my friends
12. my grandparents

Wow... That's a hard one! It is a great idea also...May the 12 most important changes? Like how moving to a new city changed you, how getting married changed you, having kids, firt car... Or maybe the 12 most important firsts... just a tought. Really made me think about it!

What. An. Awesome. Thought. Provoking. Question.

1. my childhood
2. my teen years
3. my college years
4. my post-college years
5. my wedding
6. my pregnancy
7. my child(ren-soon-to-be)
8. my honeymoon
9. my family
10. my husband's family
11. my cat
12. a typical day right now

Hmmm. There are a lot of ways to go with this one
1. My family growing up
2. My grandparents: the farm, the independent strong spirit of my grandmother
3. My friends
4. My husband
5. College
6. Medicine
7. son 1
8. son 2
9. deployment
10. my 30s "the awakening" after so much school
11. my sister's death
12. autism - redefining the perfect parent

1. The books that have shaped me
2. The places I've traveled
3. The mistakes I've made
4. The people I've loved
5. The questions I have
6. Surviving cancer
7. Becoming a wife
8. Becoming a mother
9. What brings me joy
10. What causes me pain
11. The words I live by
12. The Savior I love

what an amazing topic.. one that has come at a perfect time for me..
1. my parents -- especially, my mom
2. my family
3. my friends - I have learned that family is NOT always biological... although I am blessed to have both good family and good friends...
4. my husband - the amazing man I am privledged to share this journey with.
5. my girls
6. my dream of teaching
7. my wishes for my girls
8. music -- always listening to something
9. my dad, how I learned more than I ever knew
10. unconditional love -- finally finding it and feeling it
11. my memory -- it's long and rich with both pleasure & pain
12. my girls smiles -- their uniqueness just makes me smile on the inside..

Wow, this is awesome, triggered some deep thoughts here, like if I could only have 12 people (besides immediate family), go 12 places, if I had 12 days to live....I think I'll be a-scrappin this list :) And I'm definitely goin 2 page spread... so much LIFE to fit in here!
-A 365 page-- hmm.. either lots of photos in pockets or tiny-winy "pieces of life"..
-My Maternal Grandparents
-My Paternal Grandparents
-"What I wish for my Life"
-"While I live I want to..."
-My Beliefs
-My Parents
-Advice to my Siblings, "If only they'd listen..."
-Today, Here, Now...
-People that helped make me who I am
-Letter to my yet unknown sweetheart :)
-Home, what makes it home to me, and my love of domestic life...I was made for the 'olden days', only give me running water, a computer, and my ipod...
That's what comes to mind... Thanks for the thought starter!!
-Jayne

1. My Wedding
2. My Husband
3-6 my future pregnancies
6-9 my future children
10. Our Family
11. My Family
12. Me Right Now

1.The move across the country at 17 and how it changed my life
2. My childhood
3. my 2 marriages and how they made me who I am today
4. my children - birth, childhood, relationship now that they are adults
5. my 40+ years as a nurse and what doing what I love means to my life
6. my parents and grandparents
7. love of music
8. my hobbies
9. my grand-daughter and my hopes and dreams for her
10. my strengths and weaknesses and those who support me
11. my beliefs
12. the legacy I hope to leave behind

Mine would be:
1. Me and My Dad
2. My Cats - Su-Ling and Nightshade
3. Me and My Grandma - I only knew one
4. Captain Kirk and Gene Simmons - I wanted to marry either one of them when I was little
5. Holiday Traditions - hoping to carry them on w/ my children
6. College
7. Birth of my two boys - I have video proof and doctors notes that I couldn't have kids - So I count them as True Miracles!!
8. Having a Special Needs Child
9. Having a really great Older child who loves his little brother and tries to be patient with him.
10. Writing and having my First Book Published
11. Being a single parent
12. Hopes and Dreams that I have for my kids and of course some motherly advice

I sometimes feel the way you describe, but if there's one thing I've learned,it is to not wait for other people... Don't wait for your life to begin, or to find your sweetheart, I promise that if you just GO and MAKE your life the best you can, no matter what stage in life you're at, the rest will come.. I too am 'waiting for my sweetheart' and for a home of my own, but I wouldn't give up this time to learn and grow for anything! Like my older sister told me, do EVERYTHING you ever wanted to do, learn everything you wanted to know BEFORE you get married. You will be too busy later, and your interests will change anyway. Do what you like NOW! ...and of course, some of those dreams include a special someone, seeing as how sleeping out under the northern lights wouldn't be very romantic if you were alone ;)... but hey, just think, you'll never be 'single' again so live it up!! Anyway, I think you should make a list of the here and nows.... and even use one of them to tell about "waiting" ... You can do another 12 LATER ;) besides, you'll amaze yourself at what was inside your head, when u get 10 years down the road...
When ever friends bother me about being an 'old maid' and never getting hitched, I tell them to stop fretting cuz "I'll know him when I see him." (They think I'm a little wacko, but I believe in that so it's fine) ;)... seriously tho-- make a list! whether you scrap it or not, put it away in your inspiration file for later!! ---And good luck for an awesome guy-- I'll race you to the altar ;)