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When family stories blend fiction and memory beyond recognition

My 6-year-old grandson asked me to write down all the stories I tell him but I just realized most of them are made up and I can't remember which ones are family history and which ones I invented.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The stories we tell to create meaning can eventually replace the truth we meant to preserve.

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