: About Me

My passion is ...

Reading and Writing

I know too much about ...

life

My parents always told me ...

to be honest and true to myself

My childhood ambition ...

was to become a private detective

My favorite memory ...

at the great age of 46 there are too many favorite memories to fit into this small space

Why I write ...

Writing is my creative outlet - it is a compulsion, an obsession, and a desire to share ideas and observations

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Atreyu - The Theft

My first job ...

waitressing at a truck stop while I was in high school and making great tips

My best moment ...

the birth of my children

My inspiration ...

all of the independent, creative, and strong women who have came before me

Relationships & Family > Ancestry & Genealogy How to write a compelling family history

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Do you remember when you were a child and Grandma said, "When I was a little girl" Now it's ten or twenty years later, Grandma is gone, and you wish you had a way to revisit the many stories she shared with you over the years. It's not too late to document and develop these family anecdotes. Your recollections of these family tales are the heart of a family history. The most compelling family histories aren't comprised simply of information already available in public records; instead the history embraces individual emotions and the memories of events and places that motivated these feelin...

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