Story triggers are everywhere!  I was busy shredding bank statements when I realized as I was looking through my credit/debit transactions this was a record of my trip to visit my son in Tennessee!  The transactions listed the dates and locations where my card was used and that was enough for me to reconstruct the trip timeline!  With each purchase comes a story...some of which I might have forgotten if I had relied on my memory and pictures (of the bigger events).  Now that I have gone green and get e-statements, I simply highlight and copy the transactions I want to keep for a trigger and include them in my scrapbook files.  The statements are a great addition to the photos & memorabilia I collect from our family trips!

Karen Grierson