Big Ez Ed: Sometimes It Just Doesn't Fall In To Place

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Sometimes It Just Doesn't Fall In To Place

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Oh Ed,
I look at your blog, because I am just as sappy as you are. I love all the family thimes you pull together and all the memories you find to share. Loved the Christmas melody and all the pictures...miss Mom so much and you have a way of bringing her back a little each time, kepp it up ,I love it.
Barb; March 3, 2011 at 3:09 PM

Stories, Legends, and Myths

When something happens within the family, or better yet at a family gathering it becomes a family "Story". It will be told over and over and over again. The "Story" will remain exactly as it happened when it is told among that generation.

As we tell that "Story" over and over and over and over again for more than ten years it becomes a family "Legend". It becomes a "Legend" as it has now been passed on to a new generation of the family to live and enjoy. The "Legends" sometimes get embellished to make them more appealing. The new generation will put their own angle on telling the Legend, but they will keep the "Legend" alive.

Upon the unfortunate demise of any family member involved with the incident or after 20 years, I believe the story then becomes "Mythical". This "Mythical" event will have more embellishments added in to it as most of the people who have heard about this event know it only second hand, and weren't there when it was just a "Story".