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Have you ever tried to write down a family story? You sit down, armed with a fresh cup of coffee and the noble intention of preserving your legacy for generations to come. You stare at the blinking cursor on the…

I have a distinct memory of my family gathering around a clunky projector to watch home movies. The machine would whir like a tiny airplane getting ready for takeoff, and shaky images of a birthday party from 1987 would flicker…

Have you ever stared at a rose bush, a formerly proud soldier in your garden army, now looking like it went ten rounds with a hole puncher? Or maybe you’ve noticed your tomato plants have developed a mysterious powdery substance,…

You’ve finally done it. After months of sleuthing, you’ve located the holy grail: a dusty shoebox full of your great-great-aunt Mildred’s letters from 1908. This is it! The key that will unlock the family mystery of why your great-grandfather suddenly…

Somewhere in your house, there’s a box. It might be a shoebox in the back of a closet or a dusty chest in the attic. This box holds your family’s history in a jumble of faded, dog-eared photographs. There’s Mom…

Remember art class in elementary school? Some kids drew majestic horses galloping into the sunset. The rest of us? We proudly presented what looked like a potato with four sticks glued on. And the teacher still had to say, “Oh,…

Have you ever stood before your yarn stash or fabric collection and felt like you were in a creative standoff? You have the beautiful materials, the well-worn needles, the trusty sewing machine. You have the desire to make something new.…

Remember those days when you’d look at a blank canvas, a pristine sheet of music, or even just your unruly garden, and think, “If only I had the knack… if only I had the time… if only I wasn’t all…

Welcome to Part 2—the exciting sequel to your family history saga! (You can check out Part 1 here.) In Part 1, we helped you capture those priceless stories without needing a degree in journalism or a high-priced camera crew. In…

If you’ve ever told your grandkids how you walked uphill both ways to school in a blizzard—and watched their eyes glaze over—you know that stories don’t always land like they used to. But here’s the thing: those stories, the ones…