Summer camp—often a child’s first extended stay away from home —can leave an indelible imprint on all who attend. Think back … If you went, where and with whom? What activities did you love and hate? Were you homesick? How did it change you? Or, tell a story about sending your kids to camp, or about going camping. Share your camp stories forward.

Travel, they say, is broadening— and not just for the waistline. Think back … to a key travel experience in your life. A semester abroad? Bumming around Europe after college? A trek through Nepal? Or a journey within your own mind? How did it affect you? Did it change your life? Share your travel stories forward.

On this Fourth of July, think back … How and when did you declare your own independence, and what did it mean to you when you achieved it? Have your children achieved theirs? Do you worry about living independently as you get older? How do you feel about your country on its birthday? Share your stories of independence forward.

“It’s just a piece of paper.” Just as we came of age, weddings seemed to go out of style. Yet most of us eventually tied the knot—at least once. Think back … to your own wedding, or to other memorable unions. Was it unalloyed joy? Everything you dreamed? What do you remember? What would you like to forget? How did the marriage work out? Share your wedding stories forward.

Goodnight Moon. Dr. Seuss. Weekly Reader. Catcher in the Rye. Ms. Magazine. Cat’s Cradle. Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Stranger in a Strange Land. The Women’s Room. The Joy of Sex. Think back … What books and magazines shaped your life? What are your “desert island” books? What unknown book would you recommend to the rest of us? Share your reading stories forward.

Dial phones. Typewriters. Black-and-white TVs (that got three channels). Stick shifts. Pong. Think back … What relic from our past could our grandchildren not possibly imagine today? We call this kind of prompt a quick take, designed to elicit stories you can write in 15 minutes or less. Share that forgotten world forward.

Bosses. we’ve all had them, liked them, hated them. Some of us have been them. Think back … to your best boss, your worst boss, your strangest boss, your most clueless. If you’ve been a boss, tell us about your best day or your worst day. If you’ve been self-employed, what’s it like to be your own boss? Share your boss stories forward.

Oh, the places you’ll go—or will you? Think back … to your own graduation, or that of your children. What are your memories? How did you feel? How did you celebrate? If you were giving a commencement address—either to your own graduating class, or to graduates today—what would you say? Share your graduation stories forward.

On Memorial Day, our thoughts turn to those we’ve lost. But we can also miss people who are not gone but are far away, or a bygone era, or even an earlier version of ourselves that now seems remote. Think back … and take a few moments to memorialize someone (or something) you once had but now long for. Share your memorial stories forward.

Best of friends, worst of enemies—or both in one day! Think back … did you compete with your brothers and sisters for parental attention and affection, or ally against a common enemy? If you had no siblings, did you want them or did you consider yourself lucky? How do your children or grandchildren get along with their siblings? Love ’em or hate ’em, share your sibling stories forward.