A story to tell

A mantra I have lived by my whole life. With everything I do and have done it has been an adventure, after each adventure I have undertaken I have always said, “It will be a story to tell.” I always try to learn something from these stories, and if I can teach others or just bring them some sort of insight, humour or joy, I tell my stories. I have been encouraged countless times to write down the stories I tell.

I love telling stories orally but once I try to pave them in words they seem to get stuck, junk slaps itself on the page. I suffer from writer’s block. Words morph into my enemy attacking me from all angles. I become a slave to grammar, style and the white space I have to fill. Anxiety and fear take over. 

But I am a fighter and I do have some stories to tell. So this book is an attempt to tell some of those stories. Recognizing that memories are distorted with time, perception, and our own imagination; I am going to tell my fictional autobiography. Some stories are memories, some are dreams, some happened and some I may have made up. Life is full of imagination, belief and dreams. My stories take on a life of their own and as I write them down on the page I hope to tell exactly that, stories.