Facebook and social media have changed the nature of friendship. Have you acquired a circle of virtual friends? What is the impact of having friends you never see in person? Has social media improved people’s lives by giving access to more people, or is not seeing folks in the flesh or talking to them on the phone a detriment to relationships? Think back… Did you ever have a pen pal or maintain a friendship through correspondence? How is social media different from that experience? Share your social media friendship stories forward.

A driver’s license started us on the road to autonomy, and driving lessons certainly bring back memories. Were you excited or leery? Did you learn in Driver’s Ed or from a parent? How did your kids learn? Think back … to who taught you or who you taught, and how fun (or scary) it was. Share your learning to drive stories forward.

Love it or hate it, we had to take physical education. Whether it was being beaned in dodge ball or picked first or last for a team, what was memorable for you? Has PE changed for your kids? Think back … tell us about your best (or worst) teachers and times in the gym. Share your story of PE pleasures and perils forward.

From “duck and cover” drills to bomb shelters, America in the 50s and early 60s took the Cold War seriously. What was your understanding of it? Were you afraid or skeptical? Do your children even know what the Cold War was? Think back … what did you learn about the Cold War in school, on TV, or in your town? Share your Cold War coping stories forward.

April 22nd is Earth Day. What do you think about on this day? Are you concerned about climate change? The environment? What ideas do you support for saving our planet for future generations? Or do you think worries about climate change are unnecessary? Think back… how have attitudes toward the environment changed? Air and water pollution? Sources of energy? Share your Earth Day stories forward.

April 15th is the last day to pay your income tax. Did you do it long ago or are you a procrastinator? Are you happy to pay your share or do you think your taxes are too high? Do you resent people who find ways to dodge paying taxes or do you consider that part of the game? What have you taught your kids about taxes? Think back… how has paying taxes impacted your life? Your politics? Your sense of justice and the common good? Share your taxes stories forward.

Spring break is considered a wild time, a chance to let off steam. Was spring break a big deal for you and your friends? Where did you go, and what did you do? Did you take trips with your kids, or did they take wild trips of their own? Think back … which spring break adventure was your most memorable? Share your spring break stories forward.

March is National Women’s History Month. We all have women we admire, some famous and some not. Whether from your personal life, the history books, or politics, who is a woman you admire? Why? Think back…What woman has had a great impact on your life? Share your story of that special woman forward

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March” was the warning the soothsayer gave to Caesar. His assassination on March 15th was the ultimate betrayal by men he considered his friends. Betrayal can be large or small. Think back… Friends who disappointed you. Warnings you ignored. Politicians who didn’t keep their promises. Share your betrayal stories forward.

At some point we all “launched” and moved away from our parents’ homes and college dorms. You might have found your own apartment or moved in with friends or a lover. Where did you land? Was the place a hovel, a house share, or something in between? Think back … to remember what was fantastic or funny or awful. Share your story of your first apartment forward.