We know our fathers, and we don’t. Some of us have great experiences and wonderful relationships and others, not-so-much. These experiences live within us in a cloud of emotional triggers that get pulled when we don’t know the stories that created us and our belief systems. We use happy and sad, tragic, angry and painful words that describe our emoti… Read More
READ MORE >>Wonder Does it happen to you often now? If I’m going, to be honest with you, not-so-much for me either. But it happened for me the other day around five, after running errands. It was a glorious Saturday, Summer day, and I felt timeless. I opened my car door expecting nothing. Got out. And then I saw it. I blinked, and then I focused. I had never seen such a thi… Read...
READ MORE >>Memories can be daunting, and they pile up so fast. How do you know which memories are the juicy memories that are going to stay with you and energize you? And the painful ones that are so painful you don’t even want to disclose to someone not even yourself. Then there are the loving and joyful memories, self-discovery and event/legacy memories to name just a few… Read More
READ MORE >>So that means make the most of your time. Don’t be fearful of capturing your feelings & self-expression by recording You. You can keep it in a special file – transcribe & edit when you have the time. If you have a special Veteran you’d like to honor w my Monday newsletter please email me their first name – a brief story or what your heart wish… Read...
READ MORE >>Sometimes it takes many years to acknowledge who you are. We hide our gifts and don’t think those gifts come naturally we believe no one would pay us for what we know to be true. But this isn’t so. We need to be using these gifts because they are, our light. As Jen Kem says, these are your superhuman powers. Thank God I found Jen because she and her team are helping me t… Read...
READ MORE >>Have you recorded stories you want to remember? You know we all have at least one good story. The legacy is important to remember. It is best remembered in a book because you can flip through the pages and remember the specific parts of these experiences. The heart of the stories is in these books. And no, you may not have the time to transcribe, edit and format the… Read More
READ MORE >>“This book is going to be published by me. Janet spent the time crafting her Grandmother’s story. You can do this as well and see me when you finish. Copyrights belong to the family.” ~ Beth Lord Excerpt From Prairie Girl © 1918 Janet Moen “To Irene’s Family & Other Readers, The following stories and Swedish family history are a gift from Irene to you. Mom exp… Read...
READ MORE >>I met a fantastic woman yesterday and read her Mother’s story about her Grandmother coming over from Sweden. Fifty beautiful pages that made me feel I lived her life. I am getting her story into a book. I can’t wait till all of our books fill our community page, and people can read them whenever they want in a pdf form. But I’m jumping ahead of myself. Even if you don… Read More
READ MORE >>We can’t get back our Mother’s Memories once they die. I know this because this is one of my biggest regrets about my Mom is that I never recorded her stories. Thank Goodness she was a poet because I have some of her deepest thoughts in poems, but I don’t have her because I don’t have her stories. I don’t have her memories in books. Seven years ago when I starte… Read...
READ MORE >>I encourage you to write to me whether I know you or not. I will post commentaries and updates to the newsletter. Yes, the same thing is on my blog on my website, but I want more than anything a relationship with you. You may read one of the newsletters when you can or even more. The point here is TRUST. I don’t want to slam duck you with sales pitches, sales funnel or al… Read More
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