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July 28, 2025

Life Story Links: September 22, 2026

July 28, 2025

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.

July 28, 2025

November 25, 2024

“Write Your Life” delivers weekly memory & writing prompts via email

November 25, 2024

Learn about our Write Your Life course, providing memory prompts, writing guidance and a dose of inspiration to anyone who wants to preserve their stories now.

November 25, 2024

March 8, 2021

Meaningful conversation when your loved one is on hospice—here’s help

March 8, 2021

How to have meaningful conversation with your loved one on hospice, including the best life review questions & 4 things we all should say when someone is dying.

March 8, 2021

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Life Story Links: February 16, 2021

When memories are left unrecorded, legacies fade; but when stories are preserved, the rewards are myriad. The value of personal history, memoir, and more.

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Life Story Links: February 2, 2021

Lots of memoir excerpts to inspire your own life story writing, plus more recent articles with tips and ideas for memory-keeping of all kinds.

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Life Story Links: January 19, 2021

Timely reads on new memoirs and biographies, tips for fine-tuning your life story writing & curating your family photo archive, plus more links to bookmark now.

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Life Story Links: January 5, 2020

Ways of remembering, first-person essays worth your time, and efforts to tell stories of real peoples from all walks of life: new reads for the new year.

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Life Story Links: December 22, 2020

Last-minute reads while we await Santa's arrival: first-person tales to inspire & foment, diaries expected and not, plus some family history for good measure.

Dawn M. Roode 12/8/20 Dawn M. Roode 12/8/20

Life Story Links: December 8, 2020

An array of recent stories on the how sharing our life stories can be transformative (for both the teller and the listener), plus memoir resources & news.

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Life Story Links: November 24, 2020

Conversations on memoir, memories of Thanksgiving, new courses of note, plus a diverse array of stories about memory-keeping and life story preservation.

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Life Story Links: November 13, 2020

From deep thoughts on biography & finding your identity through writing to lighter fare on music & family photography, a roundup for memory-keepers everywhere.