Thanksgiving is a popular time for family reunions, but you’ve got plenty of leeway on this prompt. Think back … to a memorable family, high school, college, or work reunion. Was it a chance to renew old bonds? Catch up with long-lost friends? Hook up with that old flame or hot cousin? Or was it, as one TV writer put it, “all the people you never wanted to see again in one place?” Share your reunion stories forward.

When we were kids, “girls were girls and men were men.” But as we came of age, lines began to blur. Think back … who were your gender role models when you were growing up? Were you influenced by sitcoms, Seventeen, Playboy, or Ms? How did you assign responsibilities in your marriage or partnership? What were the conflicts and struggles? What did you teach your kids? Share your gender role stories forward.

We might dread them now, but not so long ago we could hardly wait for each year to pass. Think back … to a most memorable birthday. Was it your own, as a child or adult? A spouse or partner? A friend? A child? A grandchild? Who was there? How did you celebrate? How do you view birthdays now? Share your birthday stories forward.

Sixteen years later and it still feels raw. Think back … where were you on 9/11? What do you remember? Did you lose anyone you knew? How did it change the world? How did it change your world? What lessons do we still need to learn? Share your 9/11 stories forward.