Whip Out The Recorder

I did this activity with my father. It was really interesting, because I always thought I knew everything about my dad. But there are just so many stories incorporated into one lifetime that it almost seems endless. My father had so many stories that each had a beginning, middle, and end. These were experiences through out his lifetime that really defined him as a person. One question that I asked him was what was the hardest thing to let go of when you came to the states? His response was hilarious. He said it was the women that he left behind in Turkey. That one question had about 10 different stories about 10 different girlfriends that he had at the time when he first left Turkey. He didn’t know my mother at that time… Thank God.
It was great to hear all those stories from one person. I start to forget that all of us have different stories. I always start to think that everyone goes through about the same experiences in life. However, I think it’s important to remind oneself the different experiences and stories that we have all been through. This shows how we, as humans, can all come together in this world to conquer. We each have something different to bring to the table and that is the most interesting thing about life, in my opinion. The fact that we can continue to hear stories for as long as we live, and see how they shape the world that we live in on a daily basis.