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Contents
MY LIFE STORY
As Lived and Written by: YOU

spacer-margin1.    FROM WHENCE I CAME 
          or . . .  Everybody has to start somewhere!
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2.    MY CHILDHOOD YEARS
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3.    HIGH SCHOOL, MY SCHOOL
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4.    MY LIFE AS A YOUNG ADULT
       or . . . If I knew then what I know now, I  wouldn't be here
       now, because I would have done something else back then!

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5.    MY WEDDING DAY & OTHER MEMORIES
       or . . . There are some things in life that you never forget!
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6.    RELIGION AND POLITICS
       or . . . What to argue about if there's nothing good on TV
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7.    MY THIRTIES + FORTIES
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8.    MY FABULOUS FIFTIES
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9.    MY RECENT HISTORY
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10.  DEAR ABBY 

       Good Advice – If The World Would Only Just Take It!

 

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FROM WHENCE I CAME
Or
EVERYBODY HAS TO START SOMEWHERE!

 


 

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton,   
you may as well make it dance.
   

                                       -George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)      

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     THE PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD

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     Don’t worry about historical accuracy or details here–
    they’re your memories anyway and are recorded as such!


   My parents always told this story about me as an infant:
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   An actual memory I have of a favorite toy was ________________
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   The very best thing about my own childhood to me was always  
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   My fondest memory of my best friend in elementary school was
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thumbs-upOh boy, that was always my favorite!!



   My favorite TV show ________________________________________
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   My favorite meal ____________________________________________
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   My favorite candy ___________________________________________
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   My favorite dessert __________________________________________
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   My favorite song ____________________________________________
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   My favorite Bible story _______________________________________
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   My favorite Halloween costume _______________________________
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   My favorite bedtime story ____________________________________
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   My favorite subject in school __________________________________
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   My favorite nickname ________________________________________
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   My favorite sport ____________________________________________
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   My favorite color ____________________________________________
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   My favorite shoes ____________________________________________
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   My favorite expression ________________________________________

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FIRST FULL TIME JOB EXPERIENCE

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    Hey, you’re not getting paid to just read     questions - start writing!

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   My first full time job was ___________________________________
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   A brief description of my boss ______________________________
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   My principle duties were ___________________________________
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   Relative to other jobs available to me, my salary was __________
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   Primarily I took the job because ____________________________
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   Memorable fellow employees: ______________________________
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   One of my assigned duties that I was very good at was ________
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     QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT MY 30’s & 40’s


   The bravest thing I did during my 30’s & 40’s: __________________
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   The smartest thing I did during my 30’s & 40’s: ________________
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   The most embarrassing thing I did during my 30’s & 40’s: ______
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   Friends tell me the most unexpected thing I did in my 30’s & 40’s:
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                      SOMEDAY SOON!
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  When they make a movie of my life, here are actors (from all eras)
    I would select to play the parts of family members, friends, heroes    and villains for a truly epic film.
  See you at the opening!!
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hollywood-signME at age 10: _________________________ 
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ME at age 25: _________________________ 
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ME at age 45: _________________________ 
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ME today: ____________________________
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Real Life: _____________________________
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The Actor: ____________________________
  
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The Actor: ____________________________

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     POLITICAL STUFF american-flag
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                    square Libertarian    square Independent      square Other/None
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   My very first presidential vote was for:  _______________________
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   On the political interest scale I would describe myself as:
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   square Rabid political    square More political than most  square About average

   square I vote, that’s it    square I really hate politics!
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   Growing up, my parents mostly voted:
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   Why the best vote I ever made was for _________________________
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   Why I wish I had not voted for _______________________________
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   The best president during my lifetime was ______________________
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   Through the years I've grown   squaremore squareless  political because:
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   I've ended up more   square liberal square conservative  because __________
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BOTTOM LINE:    It's fun so it gets done!


My Life Story is available exclusively at this website and currently in its second printing.
Copyright © 2009 by David Douglas Ford
    ISBN: 978-1-4276-4235-6        
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