Inspiring Mom
It is impressive enough that this nearly 88-year-old woman raised five children on her own while taking on a new career in her forties, knows how to fix her own car and still drives it, and travels multiple times a year. ...
Read MoreThe Beauty of Aging
A client discovered this upcoming documentary film called, "The Beauty of Aging" and shared it with me (thanks Phyllis!) and I wanted to take a moment to share it with you. The film stars several women over the age of 8 ...
Read MoreQuick Tips for Starting Your Personal History Project
For nearly seven years, I was plagued by a squeaky door in our home. Specifically, this door was our bedroom door, directly next to our younger son Bryan’s bedroom. Bryan, also known as “the lightest sleeper in America,” ...
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Is History Only In Our Textbooks?
Is history something that happened only if we read about it in a textbook? And conversely, if something is not in a textbook, does that mean it didn’t happen? What if you read about it in a family-history story or see ...
Read MoreSurviving Segregation
Moving when you’re a teenager is never easy, but moving from the North to the South in the early 1950s for this African American girl was much more than she bargained for. Judith Dawson tells her story of being a teenage ...
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