Don't Can the Words.

Memories surface at the most unexpected times and places. After my husband died, I remember walking past the soup display in the grocery store aisle. My eyes caught a glimpse of a can of pea soup and I thought, "John loved pea soup." Next thing, I was putting on sunglasses to hide my tears. If I was writing a memoir of my husband John, I would have found the first opportunity to jot down the words pea soup so I could use that in a written memoir. Keep pen and paper near your bed, in your car, near the t.v., etc. and be ready to jot down words that can give your memoirs guidance.