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Decluttering Paper Memorabilia & Magazines
You’ve got boxes and bins filled with lovely paper memorabilia and ephemera that you've collected through the years. There are some sweet memories from childhood, teen, and young adult years, and maybe even some travel adventures attached to those things. But now, do...
Decluttering Books and Bookshelves
To kick off a proper decluttering effort in your home, it only makes sense to start with a group of possessions that you truly love. For me, and for many of the people I know, that would be the books filling my bookshelves. Decluttering experts say that it’s a good...
Use the iPhone Notes App to Collect Your Family Stories
Finding time to get those sweet family stories out of your head and down onto paper is tough. We all struggle with finding that time. And that keeps your stories from being saved. Let’s find a solution by using your voice instead of your fingers.
The Surprising Benefit of Building a Family Story Collection
When you are first getting started with the different tasks of building a Family Story Collection project of photos, family stories and more you will quickly discover that it’s hard work. And it also takes up a lot of time. You may soon be asking yourself, “Did I take on too big of a project?”
The Big 5: Writing the Stories of Your Pets
I’ve written before about sharing the stories of losing beloved family pets and even included that as one of the daily prompts in my book “A Simple Guide to Writing Family Stories.” But I believe it’s just as important to share the stories of all those delightful experiences you had together, right? Let’s look at how to reminisce and write stories about your beloved dogs, cats, fish, hamsters, gerbils, birds, or _______ (fill in what I have missed).
The Big 5 – Telling Your Love Stories
Your family knows who you married, and also might have divorced, but do they know how you fell in love in the first place? Because relationships change so much over the course of time, I believe it’s important for your descendants to hear the origin stories to add to what they know of you now. Here are some nudges and guidance to help you tell your descendants the love stories from your life.