An age-old philosophical question and beginning of a lot of groaner jokes asks, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” We true life storytellers may or may not view ourselves as philosophers as we reach into the depths of our experience and cry out – verbally or in written form – the experiences of our lives. But if no one is there to hear or read our stories, is it really storytelling?

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