What’s in my Purse
If you’d opened my purse in my twenties, you’d have found diapers, toy cars, and probably a crushed granola bar. My whole life was built around what my son needed in the moment.
Now, my purse looks different. It’s big enough for my iPad, because my grandkids love playing games on it whenever I visit. That tablet has become my Mimi essential. Alongside it are just the basics — my wallet, a few receipts, and Burt’s Bees chapstick. Not much else.
It makes me laugh sometimes — from lugging around a “mom bag” stuffed with everyone’s needs, to carrying a minimalist Mimi bag that still somehow connects me to my family. My purse tells my story: once survival, now simplicity.
This is a test story based on a weekly One Story at a Time prompt at ProjectImproveMe.com
Why Pen Your Past?
I started Pen Your Past as a sister project to Project: Improve Me. Over there, I share prompts to help women capture their lives one small story at a time. But here, it’s different. Pen Your Past is about connection — a place to share short stories with other women, to collect the little pieces of life that matter, and to pass them on.
Journaling is for yourself. Story Pebbles are for each other.