Six-Word Memoirs

I heard about this idea on NPR (Talk of the Nation) and thought it was really neat. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was asked to write an entire story in 6 words and replied: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn."
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So two authors (Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser) picked up the idea, got thousands of responses from people, and have put them into a book called "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs from Writers Famous and Obscure." There is also a website where people continue to submit memoirs.

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A few others*:

After Harvard, had baby with crackhead.

She said she was negative. Damn.

Joined Army. Came out. Got booted.

I still make coffee for two.

Baby teeth. Buck teeth. No teeth.

Finally a mother. Destination China. Exultation.

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Here's my first shot at it: Itinerant idealist. Six continents. Still searching.

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I'd love to see your six-word memoirs in the comments section.

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*by: Robin Templeton, Ryan McRae, Johan Baumeister, Zak Nelson, Harlan Stanton, Michelle Allen.