RECENT POSTS
A Winter Love Story - Rollie & Penny December 21, 2021
Sisters AND Friends! August 04, 2021
Treasured Memories of Farm Life in Ohio… July 28, 2021
How to Tell a Life Story
Do you want to document the life story of a loved one, such as a grandparent or parent? Are you ready to share your own life story? Do you want to record your child answering questions as they grow older, to see how their answers develop with time? Do you want the ability to save photos, your family tree, and even audio recordings of your family members sharing memories? Wouldn’t it be great if you could do all of this in one place? Now you CAN!
READ MORE
Sweet Talk (Reminiscing about Valentine's Days past)
I grew up in a family with three daughters. While you might think that this would mean our home had an excess of shoe boxes pass through it, that never seemed to be the case in time for Valentine’s Day. More than one year we had to search for enough boxes for all three of us girls to decorate for our Valentine’s parties. I recall once even removing all the Kleenex from the box in the bathroom, in order to decorate it for my class party. (My father may have been less enthused to later discover the piles of Kleenex I left askew on the back of the toilet.)
READ MORE
What's the most interesting job you ever had?
"In 1952 when I was 14 years old, I got a job working six days a week in a local family-owned butcher shop/grocery."
READ MORE
"I Want to Get to Heaven Half an Hour Before the Devil Knows I'm There!"
My brother-in-law used to say that I reminded him of Lucille Ball. He said I always looked like I was up to something – and I often was! I am still a very positive person...
READ MORE
The Golden Stairs Quartet
Singing with the Golden Stairs Quartet was one of the highlights of my life!
READ MORE
Nancy's Passion for Sewing Never Went "Out of Style"
"I worked as a seamstress at Shamokin Dress Factory for 38 years..."
READ MORE
LifeBio and Music Therapy Helped Me Tell My Story!
"My name is Rose. I am the very loving daughter in a close-knit Italian family from Massachusetts."
READ MORE
My Most "Memorable" Teacher!
"My brother, Roland, was always my 'other dad' since he was 8 years older than me. He taught me how to ride a bicycle; catch a baseball; and later when I was driving, he helped me get a car unstuck and also helped with cleaning the spark-plugs."
READ MORE
I was born in 1923, in Tevel, Hungary...
"My name is Katie, and I was born in 1923 in Tevel, Hungary. As a little girl, my family lived on a homestead. We had ten acres and it was called “existence” farming, because we could exist on those ten acres."
READ MORE
Letters from Home...
"I was working at Sutherland Paper company as a commercial artist and also building our first house when I got my "greeting" for induction on March 2, 1951. I was to report on March 29th."
READ MORE