"Tell me a story. . . "
Welcome to the first From Paula’s Pen, Have I got a story for you? I have been very fortunate to meet many people, and I have found that almost everyone I meet has a story. That statement is almost redundant. How could anyone not have a story? True, some are more interesting—and yet one never knows. Perhaps you think your story is not good enough to be shared. However, you don’t know the impact one person’s story can have on another. My dear friend and companion, Joe, is the best storyteller I know. However, he always says, “They are not stories; they really happened.” I think his South Carolina grandmother probably taught him “not to tell stories, "meaning don’t tell lies. Although this does not overjoy him, some of his “stories” will show up on this blog. In my almost 80 years of life, I’ve come across many people with stories to share. My parents were both storytellers. Well, actually, Daddy was the storyteller, and Mother w...