Narrative Ideas
Turning Points
My first day of Kindergarten
When my sister(s) were born
Rachel (1st sister)
Ana (2nd time I became a big sister)
Renae (my family was complete)
When I took my first trip to Canada
When my great-grandma died
When my cat Spanky died (I was 5)
When I had to switch schools in 1st grade (1 week in)
When we got my dog Gizmo (5th grade)
My first day in high school
When I got my driver's license
When I went to college (347.2 miles away from home)
Tied her in a pillowcase
Taught her swear words
Taught her how to run down the hallway
When I chipped her tooth playing tug-o-war
When I pretended to be Mufasa and crashed into her flopping down the stairs
When Rachel and I fed her toilet water
When we tried to set her up on a date with our neighbor when she was 4
When she found two baby squirrels
When I "stole" all her money by having fake garage sales
When she wrote the Twin's Father of the Year letter (got in the newspaper)
Mom & Dad Memories
When we slept in the same bed for months after 9/11
When I saved her from drowning (3 times)
When she cut her leg on her birthday and I had to make dinner for everyone while they were at the hospital
Teaching me "Darn it Darn it GRRRR" in the mirror
Trying to fly with an umbrella off the deck
Making a snow ramp off of the old van in the alley
When we organized a 3AM light-up fingernail hide and seek
Events
Places
When I dumped milk on my head
When Renae ate escargo and garlic before our roadtrip
Grandma's house (Marilyn)
Woodstock VT (Christmas)
Yellowstone
Sanibel Island
New Orleans
Washington DC/East Coast trip
Los Angeles (Choir in high school)
Canada
Mexico
Jamaica
Georgia
Huatulo
Cozumel
Renae speaking spanish in the grocery store to find Ana medicine
Meeting new friends from Minnesota
Burying my dad in the sand and making it look like a mermaid
Snorkeling and seeing a baracuda
Renae eating french fries by the pool constantly
When the tide was coming in and we floated
Chirstmas Day - huge storm that brought shells in
Pinocchio's ice cream runs - when we lost my Grandpa
Impromtu dance party in the inn
The time I saved my family from drowning in the tent and they had no idea
Grizzly Bear Story
When we bought our house
When my sister moved to Ames
When we go Oz
When I saw Cabin in the Woods in theaters
When I got married
When I felt the earthquake
Savannah Ghost Tour
Sparkling trees on the drive home
When I got the first Harry Potter and a Furbee in one night
When I visited Monticello
Dance lessons under the stars
Goat racing
When Rachel and I got caught in the storm on the beach