This week was especially fun for me to do as it was just my 50th birthday and her journal this week starts on my 3rd birthday. My mom gave my baby book to me some years ago and I was
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 3
Back with week 3 of Grandma Rose’s journal! Her phrase on January 17th is one I’ve never, ever heard before and I chuckled because I could hear it in her voice. Her punctuation, capitalization, and run-on sentences are just atrocious
1977 Diary of Rose Jones – Week 2
Little late posting this week… the power supply is out on my PC and I’m waiting for the part so this post comes via my phone which is a bit different to navigate to post anything. I’m having difficulty formatting
The Death Cafe Experience
Have you heard of a Death Cafe? Having originated in the UK, death cafes are popping up everywhere stateside and offers a great place to have a conversation about death in all its capacity. There is no agenda, no set
The Importance of Speaking to the Living
I cannot stress the importance of speaking to your living relatives NOW before it’s too late. In my genealogy course I taught, that was practically my first tip to my students and right now, I’m truly needing to practice what