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How to find their stories when they’re no longer here
Learn how to preserve family stories when firsthand voices are gone. Use archives, photos, and context to honor loved ones and keep memories alive.
35 questions to prompt memories of your lost loved one
After losing someone you love, it can be hard to know where to begin. These 35 gentle, thoughtful questions help spark memories, stories, and meaningful conversations with family.
Honoring a life, one word at a time
Learn how to write a heartfelt, engaging obituary that honors your loved one’s life with personal stories and creates a meaningful, memorable legacy.
Missing a loved one this holiday season?
Dawn Roode offers up four suggestions for further reading (and listening) for anyone who, like her, is missing a friend or family member during the holidays.
3 ways to honor the legacy of a family member on Memorial Day
The holiday’s meaning often gets lost amidst long weekends and cookouts, but we’ve got easy ways to remember loved ones who died in service.
To read or not to read? How to handle a deceased family member’s personal letters
Discovering a stack of handwritten letters can feel like winning the family history lottery—but is it always the right thing to read (or share) them?
3 Tribute book ideas that honor lost loved ones
Go beyond a memorial slideshow and honor your lost loved one in a more permanent way. These three ideas for tribute memory books are easier than you think.
Wish you were here, Mom
When Mother’s Day is hard due to feelings of loss, allowing ourselves to linger in our memories may help (and, yes, hurt). A tribute made in grief, and love.
Dawn Roode’s curated roundup for the week of Sept. 23, 2026, is overflowing with recent reads on memoir, life story writing, and family history preservation.