Ever since I was a kid, I’d take a vacation journal on every trip. I liked capturing the day’s activities and little details. It was always fun to look back and remember exactly [...]
Do you want to write a biography about someone else? I have a notebook where I write down project ideas, including the names of people I’d like to interview about their life experiences. [...]
High school student chronicles her connection to extraordinary Native American women It’s so much fun to hear about other people’s family history books and be inspired by their work! I recently [...]
Dwayne was a sweet and interesting father-in-law. The very first time I met him, he spray painted the side of my car. It was my first Sunday dinner with my now husband’s entire family. I [...]
Wow. We are living through some crazy and unnerving times. None of us expected a worldwide pandemic would close down our schools, restaurants, stores, offices, and public life. But, here we are. [...]
My great-grandmother sat down on a cold, wintry Valentine’s Day in 1962 and wrote: “I am thinking tonight of Alva as I last saw him there in the funeral chapel, lying there with closed eyes in [...]
All your experiences, relationships, dreams and disappointments are the stories that define your legacy. If you don’t write them down, they’ll be lost forever. Don’t let that happen!
