Say it in 6! Join AlzAuthors 6-Word Memoir Project

Sep 19, 2022 11:01 am

Hello! We're thrilled to announce (at last) our latest project!

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We've partnered with Larry Smith and his Six-Word Memoir project to share our stories and raise awareness of Alzheimer's and dementia.

Have you heard about Larry and his 6-word memoirs? Here are a few of the books created through this project. You can find them on Amazon.

Our goal is to create a collection of stories to publish on the 6-Word website and eventually as an eBook and a paperback to raise awareness of these conditions and AlzAuthors. We hope these books will be a fundraiser allowing us to continue our mission to provide caregivers on a dementia journey with quality resources.

As a valued member of the AlzAuthors community you are invited to participate and share your remarkable story.

Examples of 6-Word Memoirs From our Management Team

"In six words, what’s one takeaway from my personal journey caring for a loved one with dementia?"

Unexpected blessing from mother's dementia diagnoses. (Susan Landeis)
Mom, Dad: dual diagnosis, simultaneous decline. (Jean Lee)
Diagnosis not unexpected, but still devastating. (Vicki Tapia)
Mom, do you know me today? (Ann Campanella)
Becoming a mom while losing mine. (Ann Campanella)
Other people’s stories guided my journey. (Marianne Sciucco)
Friendships with other dementia daughters needed. (Marianne Sciucco)

The Story of the Six-Word Memoir Project

Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” In 2006, writer Larry Smith gave the six-word story a personal twist by asking people anywhere and everywhere to describe their life in exactly six words. He called it the Six-Word Memoir.

People of all ages and descriptions shared short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“From migrant worker to NASA astronaut”) and hilarious (“Married by Elvis, divorced by Friday”).

Since then, the Six-Word Memoir project has become a global phenomenon and a bestselling series of 10 books, and has been featured in media outlets from the New York Times to NPR to The New Yorker. More than 1.5 million people have shared Six-Word Memoirs on SixWordMemoirs.com, as well as in classrooms, churches, and at live Six-Word “slams” across the world. Participatory, inspirational, and addictive, Six-Word Memoirs have become a powerful tool to inspire conversation and connection around a big idea, and a simple way for individuals to break the ice.

Here are a few short videos to tell you more about Six-Word Memoirs:

Six-Word Memoirs on life, love, and advice
Six-Word Memoirs by Teens
Six Words on Immigration
Larry’s TEDx that tells the story of Six-Word Memoirs as a tool for community and connection

AlzAuthors Community is an Official Tester for the New Six-Word App

Larry has invited our community to be among the first to test the new Six-Word Memoir app.

The app is a tool that enables any person, community, or organization to make space to share Six-Word Memoirs about any topic of their choosing.
You can use the app on your phone or any web browser (on a computer, iPad, etc.)

Our topic is:

"In six words, what’s one takeaway from my personal journey caring for a loved one with dementia?"

Here’s how to share your six words on our topic:

1. Go to this link https://app.sixwordmemoirs.com/

where you’ll be prompted to login with a name/password/email.

2. Then go to Join Topics and use this code: a8tt44di OR

visit https://app.sixwordmemoirs.com/topic/a8tt44di/s

3. Share one or as many six-word stories as you like!

Here are three ways to engage with the app:

LIKE (the little heart below each story) and SHARING (the arrow) one or many of the topic stories.
INVITE others to join our topic via the button on then top right of the topic page.
CREATE and host your own topic on any subject you like by clicking the START A TOPIC button

Questions? Feel free to reach out to us at alzauthors@gmail.com or to Larry at larry@sixwordmemoirs.com

We can’t wait to read your stories!

Marianne, Jean, Vicki, Ann, Kathryn, Susan

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