Week 11: What is a story you've told many times? Why do you keep telling it? by

Narrative Nook 10/1

2025-10-01 19:01:10 UTC

A story that I have told many times is the fact that I worked at Marshall’s for 4 years before the job I have now. I tell people this because it was not a good experience towards to end of it for me because of an issue with management there at the time, and then I explain to them how my job now is so much better than when I was working in retail.

zululove197 — 2025-10-01 19:01:20 UTC

The story I keep sharing the most is me giving my life to Christ. The reason why I keep sharing it because it was and will be the greatest Turing point and decision I made in order for my life to change. It has not only inspired many people over the years because it was not just a phase or feeling but a reality I keep living in each day. I keep sharing so that the can see the God that saved my life, and it wasn’t because I did a self help class or “saved myself” as a self righteous world would like to label my transformation as. It’s also shown me who is there to support me in my walk in faith, and it keeps me desiring to become more like Him. Ultimately I share this story to share that there is hope and light, and I believe it’s through Him.

c92q6dyvyw — 2025-10-01 19:01:51 UTC

I think there are many stories I’ve told a lot. Here are a few I find myself saying a lot:

grief metaphor: I heard this metaphor somewhere and I found it very apt so I often feel called to share it when someone is talking about loss. Basically the metaphor is that grief is like a ball in a jar. And the ball doesn’t grow, but as time goes on, the jar grows and you don’t see the ball as much. Basically meaning that the grief will still always hurt, but as time goes on it will hurt less because it takes up less brain storage.
Now that I’m thinking about this I don’t really know if I currently have a lot of stories I tell a lot actually
This may sort of count, but I often talk about media I enjoy, so in a way that’s storytelling because I am passing them along
Ok I’ve thought of a few more:
The day I kept falling asleep while driving to school so I put in my gps “parking near me” and it brought me to the cemetery my grandpas headstone is at 😱
The appearance of apples in a lot of places I go (which I take as my grandmother who was a teacher)
Same thing with lady bugs (my sister)

Jeskidding — 2025-10-01 19:06:00 UTC

A story I tell a lot is the time I almost burned my house down!! My mind was scattered and I wanted to cook a pizza so I preheated the oven, and went to the living room to do something else. I smell a slight burn and see a light grey smoke and my heart instantly drops. I realized I never took the storage out of the oven and so I tell my mom calmly and rush upstairs pounding on the 2nd floor (cousin) and 3rd (brother) and rush back downstairs. My cousins bf came rushing and filled a bucket with water while I’m grabbing the hose from outside and bringing it in