{"id":80,"date":"2010-11-10T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendai77.com\/blog\/?p=80"},"modified":"2010-11-10T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T02:16:00","slug":"memoir-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendai77.com\/blog\/memoir-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Memoir exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Write down 10 turning points in your life.<\/p>\n

Here they are in chronological order, outline form:<\/p>\n

John F. Kennedy is assassinated. My father dies in a traffic accident about two weeks later.<\/p>\n

“Meet the Beatles” is released in the USA. I get a copy as a gift from my Mom.<\/p>\n

I memorize every single note of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue”, left behind by my dad.<\/p>\n

We move to Europe just after I turn nine and spend two years there.<\/p>\n

At age 19, I get kicked out of college.<\/p>\n

I fall in love with my future wife, who one day turns to me and tells me she’s with child. I decide to be the best dad there ever was.<\/p>\n

I see my first born come in to this world.<\/p>\n

I see my second born come in to this world.<\/p>\n

Divorce.<\/p>\n

The youngest child moves out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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