Still Here. Still Writing. Dogs Included.

While flipping through an old journal, I found something I’d completely forgotten about: a workshop where we were challenged to write a six-word memoir.  Dated 1994, scribbled in blue ink:

“I’m doing the best I can.”

It stopped me.
Simple. Honest. A little heavy. But real — and still kind of true.

That journal entry brought me right back to the Six-Word Memoir Project — a storytelling challenge that invites you to capture your life in exactly six words. It’s a practice I hadn’t thought about in years, but now it feels like something I want to revisit. Because so much has changed. And also... hasn’t.

These days, I find myself repeating a different phrase: “I am a work in progress.”
(It’s practically my signature at this point.) But I want to expand that — give it a little more of me.

So here’s my 2025 version: Still growing. Still healing. Dogs included.

Six-word stories are one of my favourite ways to reflect. They’re quick, pressure-free, and wildly revealing. You don’t need the perfect words — just your words.

So here’s your invitation: What’s your six-word memoir today?

Post it in the comments. Write it in your journal. Share it with a friend. Or just keep it to yourself and let it sit with you awhile. Six words. One moment. One truth.

Go.

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