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  Overview Congratulations for taking the initiative to become a Certified StoryKeeper. The techniques taught in this course were developed by interviewing thousands of hospice patients in a variety of conditions. Depending on your familiarity with computers and the internet you should complete the course in 2-3 hours, including practical application....

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Getting To Morocco On A Pass With a hand-written copy of the Rhein-Main flight schedule in his back pocket, Footloose Forester was not sure where he would end up during his first leave period from his duty post in...

You're going to love Legacy Stories Forever!!! Not sure where to start or what to do??? Legacy Stories will help you get the start you need – It’s simple, fun and easy!   Share those priceless memories with your loved ones today!!! We’ll help you get -- -- Organized – suggesting...

And now, from the planet Mars...

I JUST WANTED TO SING   Bright lights! Beautiful music! Big Celebrities! As an eight year old girl from a small, small town in Arkansas, every day I dreamed of and imagined myself in this spotlight. I was destined to become a star. Could anyone have told me that I would...

When I was young we would always get a stuffed Easter Bunny for Easter. We would all be dressed in our Easter bonnets and little purses and sometimes wear our white gloves as we got older. Mama would make a new dress if she had time. When I was about 10...

You can either add videos directly into the story or create Video Albums.      Enter a photo directly into your story.   Click - View a document or pdf file in your story.  (Graduation Program)   Click - Listen to an audio file entered directly into it. (Bryce blessing the...

Great Photo Books - myheritageforever.com (sign-up for a free acount today!) Blackham Reunion   School Daze Photo Book     Family Group Pictures through the years.      

    2002-2003 Seated: Earl Lennard, Superintendent; Carol W. Kurdell, Chair; Glenn Barrington, Vice Chair Standing: Jennifer Faliero, Carolyn Bricklemyer, Jack R. Lamb, Doris Ross Reddick, Candy Olson      

My parents Luddy & Orlando, Abuela Angie & Abuelo Moncho, Rachel & Ellen, 1022 156th Street, South Bronx, 1960s.   Today brought an odd sense of virtual dislocation. The first time I felt something like this was in 1988. We were newly married and Tom drove us to the South Bronx,...

Mrs Reddick's acceptance speech begins at the 13 min mark  

Every day in my practice as a counselor, I see how our lives are defined by relationships with others. Relationships shape, sustain and strengthen us.  They give our lives meaning—our very identities. And relationships are still, as they always have been, enhanced by sharing our personal experiences and stories. Several years...

    Maybe little girls aren't able to focus on the spiritual side of Easter but the new dress, hat and shoes are great memories.  Of course since women and girls rarely wear hats anymore, that may be difficult to relate to these days.  But those of us "of a certain age"...

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Have you ever been proud as a peacock?

One summer when I was about 10, my 13 year-old sister, Sandi, and I spent a week at Ocean Beach Park in New London, CT, vacationing with our father. Earlier that year, we had moved from CT to Schenectady, NY with our mother, who had been promoted to store manager of...

Having recently found the reel-to-reel tape of my grandmother Wagner's poem and the good picture of her and our PawPaw at their fiftieth anniversary celebration back in the '50s has caused me to want to remember more about her.  For as long as I knew her, she did not have an...

A photograph of my aunts dancing on a Bronx tenement rooftop makes me think about the gap between then and now.  A camera held by either my father or uncle took a series of pictures one Spring afternoon, capturing something of their youth, and their hope for the future. It is...