Tagged: legacy

Nope, not Sara Palin! It was 1984.      

Last year I watched the PBS documentary Makers – which told the history of the feminist movement from the 1950’s through the 1990’s. As I watched, I started feeling guilty about not having participated more...

Not a Storyteller? No worries, there are many ways to pass along your family’s history and legacy to future generations. The importance of telling your family’s story to each new generation has been studied...

Our nation has a mixed view on the morality of keeping wealth in the family. Most of us want our children and grandchildren to have a better life than we do, yet many Americans...

In How to Write a Multi-generation Family Values Statement – Step One  I noted that creating a values statement is no easy task with your adult children and their families. Time is of the...

My Aunt recently sent me a beautiful email full of superb pictures – each with a message at the bottom. Throughout the series of pictures, the message remained the same. When it is our...

Dyed in the wool finance experts may scorn the expenditure of money on building memories. After all, they claim, isn’t it better to put that vacation money into your retirement savings – so that...

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines legacy as: “something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past” You have a legacy, whether or not you know what it is. Perhaps it...

Throughout human history, people have passed along knowledge, inspired action and entertained one another with story. Imagine if you will, the tribe that conquered fire starting. Do you think that the tribal historian passed...