by Laura Hedgecock | May 7, 2021 | Journal writing, Scrapbooking, Storytelling, Writing and Sharing Memories
Whether you’re working on adding stories to your scrapbooking layouts or wanting to dress up your narratives, finding templates for family stories or family histories can be a chore. This came to mind as a fellow blogger, Carol Kostakos Petranek of Spartan Roots,...
by Laura Hedgecock | Mar 8, 2021 | Family History, How-to, Journal writing, Writing Advice, Writing and Sharing Memories
What better way to celebrate than with International Women’s Day writing ideas for honoring the women in your life or in your past. I’d hoped to publish a post about my Great Aunt Margaret Case Crymes. The post isn’t finished yet. However, as I dug into it, I realized...
by Laura Hedgecock | Dec 21, 2020 | Family History, Writing and Sharing Memories
It seems counterintuitive that you can give someone something they already possess—the gift of family history. Our genealogy is already in us, in our DNA, our ethnicity, and our family traditions. But for many people, the details of that genealogy are yet unknown....
by Laura Hedgecock | Nov 11, 2020 | Writing and Sharing Memories
We think of our loved ones who have served in the military on the 11th of November, but you can Honor Veterans without leaving home any day of the year. Since we’re all trying to stay safe from COVID-19, I’m listing those things that can be done without leaving your...
by Laura Hedgecock | Oct 22, 2020 | Family History, Storytelling, Writing and Sharing Memories, Writing Prompts
In honor of the 31 days of October (not Baskin Robbins), I present you with 31 fall story prompts for your own and family stories. Here in Michigan, the fall colors are peaking. This year is spectacularly vibrant. While taking photos, trying to memorialize the beauty,...
by Laura Hedgecock | Aug 27, 2020 | Memories, Writing and Sharing Memories, Writing Prompts
Why August writing prompts? August is a great time to free-write. It’s a time of year that beckons to our emotional undersides. There’s a bitter sweetness to August here in the northern hemisphere. It’s still summer—flowers blooming, birds chirping, lightning bugs...
