What does the word Thanksgiving evoke for you? The smells of the delicious food? The sound of your relatives' laughter? The feeling of...

The profile of this brave girl and her absolutely remarkable brother hit us right in the kishkas (the Yiddish word for guts, but you get...

During the dark days of early Covid, when people were limited to the 4 walls of their homes, it became popular to share "the view from my...

We recently stumbled upon an article from a few years back entitled "What Will My Grandchild Remember?" by Paula Span that pretty well...

Now it's time to pass down yours. There are countless reasons to tell the stories of your life and of the people who came before you,...

It's been a while since my last blog post, as you may or may not have noticed. These last few months have been busy with summer...

We recently discovered MyHeritage's incredible "In Color" technology that allows users - for free! - to colorize or restore black and...

We at Capture Your Story are huge fans of the food writer Mark Bittman's, and the way that he relates food to larger issues like the...

The fabulous Anne Lamott shared this book recommendation, and we are 100% here for it. Who doesn't want to believe that love can come at...

As we're preparing to send our daughter off to sleepover camp, the topic of letter-writing has come up in our family. How many of you...

There is so much information contained in our parents and grandparents about our family histories, and if we don't ask the right...

We are living through crazy times. What other year conjures memes, just on its own? 2020 is only a little more than halfway through, and...

Living through a pandemic has forced many of us to face our own mortality, along with that of our loved ones. It's a great time to think...

One of the most amazing and rewarding things about writing your memoir is what you learn about yourself. Through a process of soul...