The Storytelling Gene

My Grandpa passed away this week. My parents went to his memorial service in Wisconsin. My parents returned last night and as I was going to bed my Dad said, "Your Grandpa didn't leave any money or anything in his will, but he did leave you one thing, he left you with the storytelling gene." Which I think is a WHOLE lot cooler than being left money or anything else. There's so much you can do with storytelling than you can't do with material things. The Bible is a good example. In a way the Bible is like a giant story, and it's last thousands and thousands of year. No other thing on earth has those kind of bragging rights. If I was going to be a inanimate object I'd want to be the Bible. Anyway that's one thing I'll always remember about my Grandpa, his stories.

P.S. I also believe that EVERYONE can tell stories, you just start with the beginning and end with "The End." However, it does take a certain amount of.... whatever.... storytellingness ....I guess to tell a story...