by Laura Hedgecock | Jul 16, 2019 | Family History
RootsTech London takes place 24-26 October 2019 at the ExCel convention center. It’s the perfect recipe. The conference combines education, exhibitors from around the world, a splash of entertainment, and undercurrent of inspiration. All on the banks of the Thames....
by Laura Hedgecock | Oct 31, 2018 | Family History
Discover Your Story. Discover Yourself. Discover RootsTech. Connect. Belong. That’s the RootsTech theme. And the best way to connect and belong is to be there. And, if you’re lucky, you can do it for free. RootsTech takes place over 4 days–Wednesday, February 27 –...
by Laura Hedgecock | May 8, 2018 | Family History, How-to, Journal writing, Writing and Sharing Memories
No Treasure Chest of Memories is complete without a description of our relationship with Mother. Of all our family relationships, our relationships with the woman (or women in some cases) who raised us are perhaps the most poignant. As Lori Gottlieb writes in Mother,...
by Laura Hedgecock | May 4, 2018 | Family History, How-to, Memories, Storytelling, Writing Advice
We all people, events, and situations in our lives, who (or which) determine the teeter of our life’s teeter-tooter. Writing about the fulcrums in our lives provides a unique glimpse into our circumstances and relationships with and affections for each other. Who...
by Laura Hedgecock | Apr 27, 2018 | Memories
Try as we might (or as I have), we can’t avoid marking the death anniversaries of loved ones. It’s unavoidable. Perhaps that’s because we need to remember our grief and gauge our progress. In Acknowledging Our Grief Anniversaries, John Pavlovitz describes the way the...
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