Important Life Decisions: Writing your Stories
Think about the important life decisions you’ve made over the decades. Which ones do you hope that your descendants and loved ones will respect? Learn from? Understand? Without a record of the choices we made, that understanding fades. Descendants may know that...
12+ Ideas for Writing about Romance
Romantic stories belong in any personal legacy. However, there are many ways you can go about writing about romance. With Cupid standing in the wings, waiting for his and Hallmark’s big day, I thought I’d cover some basic approaches to writing about romance. Each...
How Your Writing is Therapeutic for Others
We know writing is therapeutic for the writer. (If you don’t, refer back to Write about Memories: It’s Therapeutic! and Ovarian Cancer: Journaling and Healing). But that’s not the full extent of it. Here are a few of the ways that your writing is...
The Rest of the Story: How Family Stories Fill Gaps in Research.
Stories matter. Not just the bare bones stories based on facts, but the rest of the story. Personalities, proclivities, relationships, and experiences are an important part of preserving your family history. Flynn Coleman makes a good case for this in his article Only...
How to Turn Dry Facts Into Stories
I admit the prospect of taking dry historical facts and turning them into stories that the rest of the family—much less the rest of the world—will find interesting is intimidating. It sounds like some literary alchemy or magic is called for. Actually, it’s not really...
Don't Wait.
Put the episodes of the past to paper.
We all have stories to share with our children and grandchildren. Whether it’s a proud moment, memories of grandparents, or a lesson you’ve learned, Memories of Me: A Complete Guide to Telling and Sharing the Stories of Your Life helps you put the episodes of your past onto paper and share them with loved ones.
