After our mother died, my brothers and I gathered to clean out and sell our childhood home. An inevitable part of that process was to sort through her lifetime of marriage, motherhood, friendships, part-time jobs and household hobbies. Serviceable items were donated. A lot more went into a discard pile. And, of course, we each took a few things that we could use or that had personal meaning.
Origen: The unlimited shelf life of story ideas – Nieman Storyboard
