Get Started Writing Your Life Story

All I want for Christmas is your life story recorded. I always want to be able to read your story and remember it well. I know this is a priceless gift and it's something that only YOU can give me. Now when I say your life story, I mean that I want you to share....

• your memories from childhood (even little details like your best friend, favorite toy, game, food, radio/TV program, etc.).
• historical events and how they affected you and our family.
• heirlooms that mean a lot to you and WHY they mean a lot.
• those fu nny stories you always tell me when we're talking on the phone.
• our family history (not just genealogy but what makes our family tick). Also, I can't remember. What was my great-grandfather's name?
• how you took baths way back when.
• what a day was like for you at school.
• what great-grandmother was really like.
• the names of the people in the photo album that I don't know.
• what kind of work you did. Did you have any fun when you were my age?
• about ME. What was it like when you held me for the first time? What funny things did I do or say when I was a kid?
• words of advice for me
• your values. The kids and I can learn something I'm sure.
• how to write an autobiography template
• steps to write an autobiography

MAKE BETTER VISITS HAPPEN - Increase access of seniors to youth, adult volunteers, and family members. More intergenerational interaction affirms lives and gives seniors an opportunity to teach and inform the next generation, sharing wisdom and lessons learned through the years and help with how to write an autobiography template.

INNOVATE WITH THOSE WHO HAVE MEMORY LOSS  -- Do more for those who face cognitive challenges. Go beyond drug trials for patients with Alzheimer's or other forms of memory loss. The steps to write an autobiography are guided from LifeBio.