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Family History Enthusiast

What’s a “family history enthusiast”, you say?  Okay, I admit that I just recently adopted this moniker to fit the category I fell in.  And I think there may be more of us in that bucket than I realized. In my early 20’s, married but pre-kids, I somehow got excited about researching family history.  I

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Telling the Whole Story

Ken Follett is the author of over 30 books of historical fiction, also called “political thrillers”, which have earned him legions of fans worldwide – with books translated into many languages.  I just finished the last book in his Century Trilogy – it has set me to thinking about legacies and life stories. The trilogy

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Blessed to be a Blessing

As I share my course and help people write their Life Stories, I often hear that people don’t think they have anything important to write or share.  Let me expand the thought – doing your Life Story, writing your stories and memories that go into it, is a two-way benefit street.  Not only is it

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Creative Destruction – Good or Bad?

As anyone who follows me knows, I am sold out to sharing and preserving our photos, media, life-stories and memories.  Even though I am a bit “late to the party” in finding the best way to accomplish these legacy goals, I am committed to helping others do the same.  Hopefully, helping them start earlier than

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Better Than a Fireproof Safe

As is often the case, a special sale pulled me into action.   Those who know me or have followed me for a while know that a few years ago, I discovered a surprise at the company I was using for creating my digital photobooks, FOREVER.   I had loved their software programs for many, many

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What Will They Remember?

I recently did a blog titled “The Price of Busy” that was written as I sat in hospice in-patient with my friend who had started (but not finished) my Life Story photobook course.  She had several pages created, beautiful pages with lovely photos – but sadly, no identification or stories attached.   I bemoaned the busyness

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The Price of Busy

I am writing this as I sit in a hospice in-patient room with my dear friend who can no longer tell me her stories to fill in the blank pages in her Life Story photobook. She started it when she took my Life Story course — I was cheering her on. She recorded some of

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TOO MUCH

Here I am again trying to explain (to myself? to the ether?) why I am not finished with my very important photobook project.  One I am so desiring to have completed, and so motivated, I thought, to get DONE!  And I started it oh-so-long ago….aaarrrggghh! What’s the problem? I think the Filing Fairies who have

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Savoring the Photos

It’s graduation season – and if it were not that, it could be wedding season or holiday season or new babies season (yep, that is every day!) or any other occasion where photos abound!  Everyone is snapping photos, texting them to each other, sharing them on social media.   My first grandchild is graduating from high

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What Do I Do With All This Stuff?

What stuff?  It’s all the family history stuff – you know, letters, documents, obituaries, funeral guest books, Bibles, photos, media (VHS, super 8 film, audio cassettes, etc.), family tree sheets (half-completed by some unknown person), newspaper clippings, annuals, and the list goes on and on. Maybe you are the Family Historian by choice – active

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Meet Candy

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I'm Candy.

A lawyer by trade, and a Sherpa by choice; I draw upon my professional experience and combine valuable insight from others to help you REVITALIZE YOUR LIFE story.