Canada 150 is asking you the the celebration of our 150th birthday in 2017 by contributing your life story.
You enjoy reading the diaries and letters of your great great grandparents. Their day-to-day stories of life, love, hardship and accomplishments would give you a real sense of who they were and from where you came.
The same is true of your descendants. They would love to hear your stories of life in the 19th and 20th centuries – the dawn of space travel, computers, the Internet and telephone conversations where you can see the person across the ocean to whom you are talking. All of these ‘new’ things will seem so ‘old’ for your descendants and they will enjoy reading about them, but more importantly about you.
Story telling is cyclical. We grow up listening to stories and learning from them (whether we like what we learn or not!). As adults we move into the role of teller, teacher and guardian of our history.
Strong families are bound together by the glue of their stories. Family stories create and encourage a particular type of family relationship as defined by the storytellers. Even if we challenge the stories, we cannot ignore them or resist their influence over us since we heard them when we were young and impressionable.
You will find more information on the Canada 150 Story Project on their website.