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Blog articles to Help You Tell the Stories of the Past
In Between: Grasping at Now
A Five Minute Friday Meditation: In between What's in between the future and the past? Every Friday, Lisa-Jo Baker, founder of "Five Minute Friday," broadcasts a writing prompt, challenging writers to writer for five minutes only. In her words, "It's not a perfect...
Becoming a Family: When Baby Made 3 or More
Don’t just preserve memories of your children, capture and share your memories of becoming a family. Every child—even grown-up ones—will enjoy reading about the excitement and joyful anticipation with which they were welcomed into the world. Use these ideas for a...
Letter Writing: How to Preserve the Art
Letter writing, particularly letters written in cursive, stamped, and mailed, is a dying art. When we look through storage boxes, some of most precious jewels we’ll find are letters. (See An actual Treasure Chest of Memories.) These letters from the past reveal a lot...
Don’t Lose the Little Traditions!
When we think about traditions, we think about the big ones, like holidays and family reunions. Listening to “8 Years Lost,” Paperclipping.com’s Round Table interview with Jackie Wood, I was struck by her yearning to remember the everyday routines and the little...
6 Fun Ways to Trigger Summer Memories
Lazy Days of Summer Memories Summer is not only a great time to bask in the sun. It’s also a wonderful time to bask in, and write about, your summer memories. As soon as Michigan temperatures rise to “reasonably warm,” I find my concentration wanes. The sun on my...
Five Minute Friday: Listen
#FiveMinuteFriday Every Friday, Lisa-Jo Baker, founder of "Five Minute Friday," broadcasts a writing prompt, challenging writers to writer for five minutes only. In her words, "It's not a perfect post, not a profound post, just five minutes of focused writing. " This...
Scrapbook Tutorial: What June Means to Me
Today’s post is part of the June Blog Hop and offers a scrapbook tutorial for my interpretation of our "What June Means to Me…” theme. What does June mean to you? We hope our interpretations will provide you with some inspiration. If you’re coming from Cindy Murray's...
4 Ways to Share Memories with Dad
Fathers Day is a great time to share memories with dad, but it's not the only time you might want to share memories with the father-figure in your life. Whether it's a dad or granddad that you miss or honoring the man in your life, these memories of these men matter....
Write About “Things I Want To Remember”
In her "Treasure Chest," my grandmother wrote an essay entitled “Things I Want to Remember.” In it, she briefly dwelt on her memories of each of her children. What makes this such a gem, however, isn’t simply a mother’s descriptions of her growing children, but rather...
5 Tips for Writing about Travel Memories
Preserving Travel Memories Writing about travel adventures and memories doesn't have to take place during travel. Although having a journal or extensive travel notes is an advantage in sparking recall, it can be fun to reminisce about your trips years—even...
Writing about Childhood Homes-4 Easy Ways to Start
Originally posted April 17, 2013; updated June 5, 2013 Traveling Down Memory Lane: Dwellings in which we spent our childhood years take on a prominent role in our memories. Perhaps it's that the layout of our homes dictated much of the rhythms of our daily lives as we...
Write About Pets! 5 Easy Prompts to Get Started
Why Write about Pets in Your Memory Narratives? Pets and companion animals lend comfort, unconditional love, dirt, goofiness, dander, and more than a little comedy to their households. If you’ve had pets, they probably played at least a supporting role—and probably a...
3 Types of Treasured Moments to Write About
Treasured Moments Matter Memories, whether pivotal experiences or small moments we treasure, reflect our lives, the lessons we have learned, and the paths we have chosen. In many lives, everyday events are just as likely as milestone events to serve as epiphanies and...
How to Write about Family Heirlooms: 4 Tips
Family heirlooms, however, aren’t just objects with significant monetary value. In fact, the objects we cherish often have less fiscal value than emotional significance. When we write about these physical treasures lurking around our households, the fiscal value isn’t...
A New Way To View Prayers of Praise
“Five Minute Friday” is a great writing exercise even if you’re not blogging your treasures (memories). Your spontaneous thoughts on a given subject can reveal your personality, daily life, beliefs, etc. If you are blogging, I encourage you to join in! If you want to...
5 Amazingly Easy Prompts to Jump Start Writing your Family Story
Writing your family history sounds like a daunting task. However, if you start with small, episodic memories and narratives, it doesn’t have to be hard. Your Family Story is Your Story Don't worry about documenting a comprehensive history of all your ancestors and...
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