It’s a pleasure to share one’s memories. Everything remembered is dear, endearing, touching, precious. At least the past is safe—though we didn’t know it at the time. We know it now. Because it’s in the past; because we have survived.
Susan Sontag, author and critic, in American Review, New York, Sept. 1973
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Parents Choice Award—Turn on your tape recorder when you play this game to capture family memories. An easy and fun way to get several generations talking and laughing together.
Playing the LifeStories game encourages young and old to tell about past experiences, present influences, future plans and goals.
An entertaining way to learn more about each other.
Totally different every time you play it, AND...everyone wins.
Ages: 6-106 · 2-8 Players
Game Size: 13 1/4 x 10 x 3
$28 each
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Our own testimonial:
One Thanksgiving when Cindy's daughter, Karita, was four years old, her dad helped her draw a card with a question he thought she could answer: "Tell about the worst storm you remember."
Karita thought for a while. "It was a tornado, a l-o-n-g time ago. We were at the ballgame, and the wind started blowing real hard, and the whistle blew, and we all ran to our cars."
Karita's big brother was more than a little skeptical. "Oh, Karita, you were never in a tornado."
"Yes, I was! It was a long time ago!"
Grammi Phyllis remembered the day: "In July that year when I was visiting my family in Scott City, we had gone to the ball park to watch a game together. When warning siren began wailing, we dashed to our cars and hurried home. It turned out to be a false alarm, but in the eyes of a four-year-old, it was real. And four months - from July to November - seemed like a very l-o-n-g time ago to Karita.
What other people are saying about LifeStories®
When my husband and I married, we received LifeStories® for a wedding gift. Playing the game was a perfect way for our combined children to get to know and care for each other. We laughed and had fun getting acquainted. -Donna Downing, Wichita
LifeStories® is the perfect way to build a bridge linking generations. We especially enjoy hearing our grandchildren's answers. It's a great family game not only during the holiday season but year around. -Carrol Rees, Phoenix
We played
LifeStories® with our Sunday school class and were surprised at common
experiences that drew us together even though we come from diverse
backgrounds. -Dan Johnson, Atlantic Beach
(An extra set of question cards labeled "Faith Stories," is
included in the Christian Version.)
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Where to
Find the Family Treasures:
Leaving a Legacy of Values
A Memory Catchers' Writing
Guide
Book Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 , 18 page booklet
$7 includes p/h
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Memory Catchers are available for 2-hour workshops using their booklet as a guide, or for speaking engagements. Call 316-201-6316 or e-mail phyllis@memorycatchers.com
For additional resources, go to
www.ethicalwill.com/,
the website of the master of Ethical Wills, Barry
Baines, MD. How to Write Time of Your
Life Stories in Ten Easy Steps Participants can complete
the series of ten assignments in sixteen to twenty hours of class time
or, choosing topics from hundreds of suggestions, they may repeat the
series indefinitely, on their own. Time of Your Life Stories
not only "tells how" but also "shows how". Stories
by ordinary people provide concrete examples for each assignment. Their
universal experiences inspire an overflowing treasury of ideas, keeping
enthusiasm high from beginning to end. Book Size: 8 1/2 x 11, 256 pages. Soft cover,
spiral bound for easy use as a workbook. Average Customer Rating:
by Phyllis Rowland
The
easy-to-follow format of Time of Your Life Stories builds
confidence in inexperienced writers and encourages them to choose from
(or combine) a variety of styles:
Topics and tools are provided for recalling
and writing about the events, relationships, and influences which shape
one's life.
$28 plus p/h
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365 Tantalizing Story Starters
You
won't be able to resist writing down the memories these 365 questions
evoke:
- sights
- sounds
- aromas
- emotions
Some
will bring forth the voices of Christmas past.
Some will summon the spirit of last Thanksgiving when all the grandkids
were at your house.
Your answer to some questions may be only one sentence. Others
will lead you to a full-blown life story.
Write for 10 minutes, now and every day. In your words, the language of everyday life, the way you live it—that's the voice your loved ones want to hear.
$7 including p/h
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Culpeppers: Family stories and history by Maxine Culpepper Barron
For
several years, Maxine Culpepper Barron has been "saving lives, one story
at a time." Now you can enjoy these Culpepper family stories beginning
with her great-grandparents, Emanuel Joseph and Pamelia Ann
Phillips Culpepper, and continuing with memories of aunts, uncles, and
cousins, down to the present generation.
The author says, "I had always known that my cousins loved me and I
loved them, but while working on this book, I realized just how much
they had influenced my life. Even now, people who meet my cousins
and me comment spontaneously, 'You sound just like each other.' What an
honor to be told you are just like your mother, or father, or cousin!"
In the book are family trees showing twenty-six generations of
Culpeppers from the 12th century in England, to Culpepper
immigration to Virginia in the 1600s, to their settling in Georgia and
Alabama in the late 1700s.
Over 900 Culpepper cousins are included on these pages!
Book Size: 7 x 8 1/2", 249 pages.
Paperback cover.
$39.59 plus p/h
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Through the Fire: Memories of a Childhood Under the Nazis and Beyond, as told to Dina Doering.
Agate
gazed into the fire under the bubbling pot. It reminded her of the
madness of the Nazi fire spreading through the land destroying
everything in its path. How long would they be able to continue
eluding the officials? When would it all end? How much destruction
would it bring? What more would it do to her children?
Book Size: 5 1/2 x 8, 165 pages. Paperback cover.
$9.95 plus p/h
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A Family Torn Apart, a memoir by Justina Neufeld. A family in the Ukraine during the Russian and German occupation, are separated. Justina tells of her escape and the trauma of leaving her mother and brothers behind.
Book Size: 5 1/2 x 8. Paperback cover.
Call 316-201-6316 for pricing.
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Astonishing Century, by Robert D. Joyce.
Astonishing Century, a comprehensive history of the 20th Century, is a rapid reference guide to the events and people we remember. Perfect for creating your personal memoirs or family history.
"... a fascinating source book for authors, personal historians, and anyone interested in the touch, tastes and sounds of the 20th Century. I highly recommend it." --Rae Jean Sielen, President, Populore Publishing Company
"Excellent use of flash bulb memories--events with emotion that made an impact on the nation's consciousness. Will trigger lots of great stories. --Rosann Kent, Wisdom Keepers
"...provides a gold mine of facts, nuggets of information and commentary that will brighten and enrich any personal or family history. The perfect resource for stimulating fond memories. --Bruce Washburn, Goose Wings Passages
Book Size: 8 1/2 by 11, 223 pages. Paperback cover.
$37.95 plus p/h
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Crossroads: A Journey through
Time
by Dorothy Koelling as told
to Phyllis Rowland
Combines
memories passed down from generation to generation with comprehensive
research of over 700 ancestors of JT and Dorothy Lyon Koelling stretching
across the years from 740 to 2002.
With or without a connection to the Webster, Lyon, Koelling or Coffelt families, you, too, can experience the journey as they pulled up roots long planted in France, England, Germany, or Prussia, left family and friends behind, and set out to find a better life in America.
Twenty family trees and over 200 photos in nearly 600 pages of text allow you to trace names and faces of the generations who came before you.
Maps of their places of origin guide you as you travel the road in their shoes.
Book Size: 7 1/4 x 9, 594 pages. Hardback cover.
$81 plus $5 p/h
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