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Hi, I'm Ilana, and I believe that if you don't know the stories of the people who came before you, you don't really know yourself. Have...

Last week I visited my family in Los Angeles and was reminded why the work we do at Capture Your Story is so important. Once our loved...

A Life Story book is a beautiful keepsake that captures the memories, milestones, and moments that make your family unique. It is the...

The biggest payoff of this work is hearing from our clients just how much their Life Story book means to them and their families....

So often in the course of speaking with our clients, we learn about their feelings of isolation and loneliness. The simple act of telling...

"A Coastal Grandmother knows what she likes, and won't waste her time on what she doesn't. She's not stressed out over wrinkles, extra...

Every year, we at Capture Your Story make it a point take to hear from Holocaust Survivors on Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day -...

We recently discovered the social media pages of the Wheatland Manor nursing home in Iowa. This 44-bed skilled nursing facility located...

Many of our clients come to us in the early stages of dementia. That's why we get so excited when we hear about findings that can...

Lydia Manuylova, an eighty-six-year-old woman in Ukraine, expressed her fear for the current situation. Lydia Manuylova, 86, Ukraine "I'm...

Funny how I thought this pandemic of ours would only last a year. *Sigh.* But the premise still remains true: we should be capturing the...

Sidney Poitier, the iconic, legendary Oscar-winning actor, passed away last week. In this interview from 2013, he tells CBS News' Lesley...

The author Amy Tan recently posted a message to her followers that we felt was incredibly important. We are sharing it here in the hopes...

The clients have just given their final stamp of approval on their Life Story book - and love it! Oh, the excitement of an almost...

From a recent client: "The thing is - you change in life, you don't stay the same. If you do stay the same, that's when divorces start....

We're constantly learning new things from our interviewees. For instance, do you know what a "cold water flat" is? Neither did we! Turns...

Sometimes when interviewing a client for their Life Story book, we are struck by just how much has changed in the span of time that our...

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...