My wish for 3 Cleveland women

A decade of misery is a monumental journey to move beyond. I agree that Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight of Cleveland ...

21 life story questions for spring

Sometimes you need a change of season to spark your interest in all the things you love about life and the moments you’d ...

Strange as it may seem

When my intuition goes into overdrive

 Intuition is a wildly successful skill to have as a personal historian. The process of working with clients always brings me closer to them. ...

My crappy successful blog

I started a personal blog several years ago to share family stories with my large extended family before I left corporate communications to ...

Life story questions you will love for Valentine’s Day

Whether you share Valentine’s Day with a special someone or not, everyone can love. We have things we cherish, time we love spending, events ...

Tidbit Hunting

Never underestimate the power of one tidbit of information about your family history that comes to you quite randomly. It may open the ...

The Hope Tree

UNION BEACH, N.J. _ It’s Christmastime and this is a story about hope, the kind of hope that arises slowly after a tragedy.  ...

Union Beach, NJ: Hurricane Sandy Photo Recovery

Photos are the memory keepers of our personal histories. They are reminders of a life lived. They open the gates of our memories ...

Family Photos – The archeological dig in my basement

It all started with a simple request from my brother to compile a dozen or so decent photographs of my sister, Lisa, for ...