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Category: Family Stories
The Price of Her Childhood: A Visit to Mom's Hometown
18 October, 2024
We went on a road trip to take Mom back to her hometown. Here's what happened...
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Cleaning out Dad's Workshop
13 October, 2024
Cleaning out Dad's workshop means facing the finality of him being gone.
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12 Stories Your Grandchildren Wish You Would Tell
27 September, 2024
Your grandchildren have questions about your life they may feel shy about asking.
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Telling Stories Through Photos
12 July, 2024
As I consider the impact I want to have in the lives of my grandchildren, I've been collecting stories...
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Dad's Hands: A Photo Essay
17 June, 2024
Thinking about my Dad and his hands, Father's Day 2024.
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Abundance: The Infinite Potential of One Good Seed
17 May, 2024
What a granddaughter helped me understand about God's abundance and one good seed.
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Find 50 Great Photos of Yourself
11 March, 2024
Your descendants may never see the best photos of you...unless you change the way you think about ph...
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Remembering With Photos
11 March, 2024
Two favorite family photos and what they taught me about photo preservation.
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What is Lurking in the Deep Freeze of Your Past?
01 March, 2024
A job to help defrost Grandma's freezer takes me on a trip down memory lane.
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How to Survive 12 Weeks with a Toddler in a Spica Cast: Play Ideas for Youngsters with Hip Displaysia
13 February, 2024
An unexpected medical diagnosis and a spica cast gave us an opportunity to stretch our PLAYDATE Muscles....
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How to Save $3,000 Re-Shingling Your Own Roof -- Or Not...
21 January, 2018
Recently, I helped my family re-shingle the roof of our home. The roofing contractor’s bid included...
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Mail Order Romance - Family Stories
27 November, 2017
Why I would ever think that I would be the recipient of a diamond in the mail, I don't know, but I said...
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The ROAD Road Trip to Gather Family Stories
13 July, 2017
For my 80-year-old Dad, a trip down memory lane is not a meandering path along tree-lined streets with...
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Living History - Creating Connections with Family Stories
20 April, 2017
Even grownups play, and one of the ways I have always “played” as an adult is via my hobby...
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Grandma's Storybook - Wit, Wisdom, and Words of Advice
18 January, 2017
My Grandma Tanner loved the color purple. Orchid purple to be exact, but lavender, lilac, plum, mauve,...
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Worldwide Day of Service - How One Family Used it To Help Them Remember
28 December, 2016
I opened Facebook a few days ago to see a post from my sister-in-law that broke my heart. Her Grandfather...
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Unmet Potential - Moe Berg, The Third-String Pitcher Who Changed The Course of History
15 February, 2015
Before you make a judgment call about whether or not your own teen is meeting your expectations for their...
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