This was a fun exercise, found here (via Vivinfrance; thanks Viv). Take the same headings as mine and write a six-word memoir for each one. You can be as honest or as vague as you like.
Best Advice Given Or Gotten:
Don’t put it down, but away.
Milestone Birthdays:
Eighteen: my parents set me free.
Forty: my age set me free.
Holiday Traditions:
Tree up together; tree down: mother.
Everybody’s home; everybody eats; everybody laughs.
A Memorable Meal:
The Spur: Christmas Dinner. Steak sucks.
Siblings:
Two brothers; one older; one younger.
Cheating Death:
Eldest Child: Pool. Slip. Alert friend.
Youngest Child: biltong: slap: sore back.
The Trip That Changed My Life:
First flight to South Africa. Sigh.
What A Child Taught Me:
We’re polite to strangers, not family.
Revenge Is Sweet:
But it belongs to the Lord.
The Worst Mistake I’ve Ever Made:
Paid ten cents: saw modern art.
Met Very Young:
My husband; our marriage matured us.
Growing Old Together:
We’re grey, cuddly and in love.
My Life Overall:
Has been happier than many another.
The Laughing Housewife 
Thse are really great. It was fun reading them. I like the one at 40 about age setting you free. Fabulous!
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I also like being set free at 40, but even better what you learned from a child. These are fun to read, even more so than writing them,
Elizabeth
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Love them all…but the one about what you learned from a child was perhaps the best for me…it’s what my childrent taught me…in fact when folks would talk about my children…I would swear they had my children confused with the neighbor’s children. 😉
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🙂 🙂
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“We’re polite to strangers, not family.” Oh so true! 🙂
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You asked if I’d invented any – no, and the ones you missed were: met very young; growing old together.
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Thanks Viv. Working on it.
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Now updated.
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So many good ones here. I enjoyed them. Oh so true about the Christmas tree! No one is crazy about taking it down!
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I enjoyed: Forty, my age set me free.
These six words just came to me in response:
After thirty each decade is freer!
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That is so true!
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Hi tillybud,
This is Alyssa from SMITH Magazine, the creators of the six-word memoir project. I’m glad you’ve found inspiration to write some memoirs! If you haven’t joined us at sixwordmemoirs.com yet, I’m inviting you to submit your memoirs to our site. Your memoirs will be published to the website immediately and then have a chance to be featured by editors in a blog post or an upcoming book!
Thanks for sharing your story,
Alyssa, SMITH Intern
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Oh, oh. Or submit your memoirs to the AARP website. I keep forgetting about the AARP & SMITH collaboration, which is a great one. 🙂
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I’m on my way over there now! Thanks for the tip.
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Great post – stay happy and free.
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these are great Tilly — grey, cuddly and in love… that’s me… 😉
…rob
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Full marks for doing them all! A good, fun read!
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Looks like you live a happy life Tilly!
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I do! It’s a cliche, but life really is what you make it.
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fun to read!
love the “sigh” after south africa.
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These are simply great. Love them all.
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Tillybud love your honesty in this.
Nicely done!
Pamela
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I’ve still to learn that first one
Good selection The polite one is true, and that’s good. Polite may keep the wheels greased, but there needs to be somewhere to be squeaky
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I like your memoirs. I enjoyed your site and the links. Write on!
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Thanks!
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First flight to South Africa. Sigh. sounds like it could be a whole book.
We’re polite to strangers, not family. – do I know that story! Interesting how kids show us the mirror of what we learned as kids.
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It is a whole book – of poetry. I must do something with it one day.
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Great memoirs. Enjoyed reading those!
reaching out
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wow lots going on here…..like what you did and thanks for sharing your words
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