Melissa Kitchen
Exploring Projectkin: A community of family ...

Imagine a space where the exchange of family history isn't just a pastime but a profound community experience.  Where inspiration flows freely.

Exploring Projectkin: A community of family historians hooked on stories with Barbara Tien
Melissa Kitchen
Tributes of Love: Turning Grief into Generosity ...

Whether it is creating a scholarship, planting a tree, or raising funds for a cause,  many who have lost a loved one feel compelled to take action to help others in their loved one’s name.

Tributes of Love: Turning Grief into Generosity and Acts of Kindness
Melissa Kitchen
Legacy of Love: Celebrating and Documenting Our ...

In mining for stories and documenting our memories of loved ones, one of the core themes is often love and relationships. This is one of the topics where we realize there is both history and legend blended together with the truth lying somewhere in between.

Legacy of Love: Celebrating and Documenting Our Valentine's Day Narratives
Melissa Kitchen
Savoring the Years: A Birthday Journey Through ...

Birthdays are more than just a yearly celebration; they are the markers of our personal evolution and repositories of cherished memories.

Savoring the Years: A Birthday Journey Through Memory and Tradition
Melissa Kitchen
From Beginning to End: Using Timelines to ...

While preserving your past is about looking back at what has happened previously, I believe what truly motivates the desire for preservation is the forward march of time and the knowledge we can never truly go back.

From Beginning to End: Using Timelines to Chronicle Your Past

family stories

Your Mother's Story is "Where Yours Begins"

Your Mother's Story is "Where Yours Begins"

But behind all your stories, is your mother’s story, for hers is where yours begins.

-Mitch Album

Happy Mothers’ day to all of the moms out there! The new moms, the in the trenches moms, the empty nester moms, the moms who have experienced child loss, and those of us who can’t hug our moms today!

In honor of Mother’s Day I am inviting you to reflect on your mother’s stories and the impact they have had on your own life. I know my mom’s story has had a huge impact on who I am and how I live my life.

5 Tips for Getting Started Writing Your Personal & Family Stories

5 Tips for Getting Started Writing Your Personal & Family Stories

One of the questions I get most often since I have been speaking about “Preserving Your Past” is where to start. When people think of family stories or personal stories they become overwhelmed thinking they need to write them all, right now! Many are also paralyzed by the fear of

Your Personal Stories Are Treasures

Your Personal Stories Are Treasures

Personal stories are treasures; ageless artifacts that help preserve your reflections of life.  Stories help you to see that life is universal. Whether you’re looking at stories of challenge, fear, tragedy, heartbreak, or loss, or stories of lessons, celebrations, growth, achievements, love, hope, or faith; all of these make for a rich life and all make for rich stories!