"Time flies, but you're the pilot."

One of the main things many people need to accomplish before they can be successful in preserving their photos and memories is making time for it.

As you may have read a few months ago here at LifeTalesBooks, {you don't find time.  You make it.}

  

Time doesn't just appear on your doorstep on a random Tuesday.  You make time for things.  

Marie Leslie put it perfectly in {"Time Doesn't Need Managing"} where she wrote, "Time Management should really be called Priority Management."  Glenn Santos even writes that {if you schedule your free time, you will have more of it}!  Isn't that an enlightening concept?  

I read something recently that really struck me.  It's not so different from the idea of making time for things.  Lanette Pottle calls it time creation.

Yes, time flies, but you're the pilot!

According to Pottle, time management is not the solution to finding more time--time creation is.  I love what she says at the introduction to her {Time Creation Course}:

"The problem isn’t that we need to find space to cram more appointments and tasks into our day, it’s that our decisions cause us to fill our days with monotonous obligations, unfulfilling activities, and other people’s priorities.  It starts innocently enough. We are ambitious and driven. There is a lot to accomplish to leave our mark on the world and we take pride in doing whatever it takes to make it happen.  Sacrifice becomes a badge of honor (especially for those among us that have people-pleasing tendencies). Deferring our own pleasure becomes common place. We buy into the belief that if we stay focused and committed, there will be time for that later.  The problem is that all too often later never comes… or if it does, it’s on the other side of burnout.  The REAL solution is to shift from managing our time to managing our decisions… and in the process, we become world-class time creators."  ~Lanette Pottle

{Productivity Manager Julie Davis} teaches the same thing to her clients.  I am an organized person, but I fall into the same traps many people do when it comes to feeling a little swamped.  One thing I've learned from Julie is that everything on your to-do list falls into one of these categories:

• Do it.
• Delegate it.
• Dump it.

Sometimes you need to just DO things.  (You're the only person who can exercise for you.  You have things in your job that you need to do.)  

Sometimes your time is better spent by DELEGATING something.  (Can your kids fold laundry, even if it's not perfect?  Is there a high schooler in the neighborhood you could hire to do that thing?)  

Sometimes you need to DUMP things.  Julie says if you've moved something off your to-do list three times, consider if you need to just dump it.  (Evaluate if it's worth your time or if you can let it go.)

Davis also suggests that there's no such thing as multitasking.  I've always considered myself a good multitasker (and I bet a lot of moms do), but Julie says that productivity actually takes a nosedive when we try to multitask--even if we think we're good at it.  #foodforthought

One last tip from Julie Davis:  If something is on your to-do list for days and days and you keep putting it off, and you know you can't Delegate it or Dump it, do procrastinated projects in chunks of time.  Take 20 minutes, set a timer, and work on your procrastinated project for just 20 minutes.  You usually find out it's not so bad, and you can do it.

So many things take second (or third, or fourth, or fifth) place when we aren't in control of our time, aren't managing it, or aren't creating it.  Doing something with your precious photos is often one of them.

I bet you have a photo like this--a moment in time stopped, a great memory you've had the blessing of capturing.

This photo, like yours, shouldn't just sit somewhere as a JPEG file.  Files aren't usually looked at.  Photos are.

Here are several {tips for bringing your photos to life here}:

• set aside (i.e. CREATE) time, maybe an hour or two a week
• think about {making it a family tradition}, like every Sunday night
• organize your photos so you know what you have and what you're dealing with  (You can find some pointers and actually watch me in my process of photo organization {in this video}.)  UPDATE 2022:  For the ultimate in photo organization tutorials, try the 3-part series at this link, including the difference between storing and preserving photos plus strategies for consistency.
• choose your favorites (If you have 1,000 pictures to deal with, you may make more progress if you narrow down the number you want to preserve by just choosing your favorites.)
• keep your appointments with yourself!

Time does fly!  The older I get, the faster it seems to go.  But I'm the pilot on that flight.  I get to choose how I spend my time.  

I hope you'll think about Marie Leslie's perspective of Priority Management--what you fill your days with and what you are (maybe inadvertently?) prioritizing.  I know that makes a big difference in my own time management and creation.

There's so much to be gained, {so much that's GOOD FOR YOU}, when you make time to preserve your memories and your life's story.  Start now, because there's no time like the present!

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It's #friyay!

Welcome to #friyay at LifeTales Books!  On the first Friday of every month, we will find out what people are saying about Heritage Makers (and me, in some cases).  We'll start our first #friyay with a message from the very first Heritage Makers consultant, Wendy, who is a dear friend.  We've known each other since elementary school and became good friends in high school.  Wendy was one of the first people to introduce me to Heritage Makers, way back in early 2005.  Here's what Wendy has to say on this #friyay:

2023 UPDATE:  Heritage Makers and Snap2Finish became YPhoto under Youngevity (which purchased Heritage Makers in 2013).  YPhoto uses only templates, so the creativity showcased here is no longer available there, and they also no longer have capability to print previously-created projects like these from the old system. YPhoto is not a photo storage site like Heritage Makers was. 

Best-in-the-industry quality and permanent cloud photo storage with guaranteed privacy are required for anything recommended here by Photo & Story Treasures, so we highly recommend Forever for:  

·        creative digital scrapbooking applicable in a variety of photo products using Artisan software

·        easy photo-memory books using free AutoPrint and Design & Print software programs

·        private, permanent, secure, and guaranteed photo and video cloud storage (triple-backed-up and bank encrypted)

·        white glove digitizing services for old memories like VHS tapes, slides, old scrapbooks (scanning), 8mm film, audio tapes, and much more

Learn more here to  find similar products at top-quality with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

How to be Successful on Your Goal to Catch Up Preserving Your Photos

Catching up on preserving photos is a common New Year’s Resolution.  Even outside of January, it’s a common goal.  I quite often hear people talk about their need to catch up doing something with their photos.  This month on #familyhistoryfriday, we will focus on solutions for your goals or resolutions.  We will learn the first steps you need to take to be successful, options for both digital and already-printed photos, and the Two-in-One plan.

Sounds pretty good, right?

Because you’re reading an article about how to be successful on your goal to catch up preserving your photos, you already know why it’s important.  Or maybe you have seen articles like this one on {Creating Family Stories}, or this one on {How Knowing Family Stories Helps Kids Cope} or {Preserving Photos and Stories: Why You Should Care}. Maybe you read my own feelings {Why I Stay Caught Up Preserving My Photos and Memories}.  Or maybe you have simply seen the look on a child’s face when she pulls out a book all about her or when she looks at the pictures from last year’s special vacation.

You already know why preserving your photos and the memories that go with them is important.  Let me help you do it.

Whether you have a lot of digital photos on your technology (phone, computer, camera) or you have boxes of printed photos, all you need to conquer them is a few tools.  I know it can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start, but that’s exactly the hurdle I want to help you jump over.

So let’s talk about it.  Let’s explore some simple but effective tools and solutions so we’re ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work.  THIS IS YOUR YEAR.  Get some tools and tips to actually catch up on the photos you need to preserve and then stay caught up. 

Find all the details of my Two-in-One plan plus a free printable at this link. 

Knowing about the powerful and lasting benefits of memory-keeping is all well and good, but unless we actually put that knowledge into practice, it doesn’t even matter.  Let’s start off this year with a real plan, a real way to finally be able to catch up preserving your photos and memories.  And stay there.

“Well done is better than well said.”  -Benjamin Franklin

If you need additional help getting ahead, I also offer {Digital Scrapbooking For Hire} services, which you can learn about at that link.

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This post was originally published at www.livegrowgive.org on January 5, 2018, by Jennifer Wise.  More #familyhistoryfriday posts can be found at the hashtag below next to Labels.

How to Conquer Your Photos: an actionable plan (online class)

Last January I introduced the Year in a Snap concept.  It's designed to help you actually CATCH UP on your photos.  Preserving photos is (obviously) great, but if you're still taking more pictures, how can you ever catch up?  Year in a Snap combined with my Two-In-One Plan gives you actionable steps toward actually catching up!

If your New Year's resolutions include catching up on your photos, don't miss this free, 40-minute online class, "Conquering Your Photos with the Two-in-One Plan."  It's NEXT WEEK, so save the date!  At the class, we will talk about

• why preserving your photos and memories matters
• how to get started if you don't know where to start
• the best options for preserving digital photos as well as already printed ones
• tips for success
• the Two-in-One Plan designed to help you CATCH UP on your photos
  

This is a Zoom class, so all you need to do is click this link on Wednesday January 10, 2018 at 10:00am Mountain Time:  https://zoom.us/j/401772642 

UPDATE:  You can find the class recording plus a free printable summary of the class {right here}.

If you find it hard to wait, here are some sneak peeks to tide you over until the class:

• {the Two-In-One Plan}
• {Year in a Snap}, with two digital options and two paper options, as well as how to get a group together so you can work with friends regularly
• {making time}
• {my local and online events} if you work better in a group 

 (If you're seeing this post too late, don't worry--I'll post a recording of the class here in two weeks so you can catch it then.  You'll be able to find it on the January 16, 2018, post.)

Let's do this once and for all!  It's your year! 

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"I regret making that storybook," said no one ever.

We all get to choose what we do with our time.  Sometimes we're smart with our time, and sometimes we're dumb with it, but we all get to choose.  Right now my regrets include scrolling too long on Facebook or not exercising when I told myself I would.  Do you have similar regrets? 

One of the most impactful and meaningful uses of time is preserving our photos and stories.  I think it's one of the most {noble ways to use our time}.
  
When I talk about preserving photos, I don't necessarily mean scrapbooking.  So if you're not a scrapbooker, stay with me here because it doesn't matter.  Preserving your experiences through photos and memories can happen any number of ways.

Here are three amazing ways to preserve your photos and memories in digital pages.  If you like the creativity and flexibility (put anything anywhere on a page) of scrapbooking, you'll love the third option here, like I do.  If you just want to get 'er done without spending much time (or learning a computer program), the first two will be your dream come true.  For a quick book with captions, choose the first option.  For more journaling space, choose the second.

The links to get started are in the comments of the video, or you can get started here.

And I'll tell you what!  Spending time to create a storybook has NO REGRETS!

I really love the family yearbooks--a whole year's worth of photos in one book.  There are lots of templates already designed, so it's really just a matter of putting photos where they already go! 

Creating storybooks or scrap pages is one way to spend your time that really makes a difference!  {Studies have even shown} that memory-keeping increases happiness, raises self-esteem, lowers stress, engenders a sense of belonging and purpose, and even makes kids more resilient!  What you create can make a lasting difference.

Do yourself a favor and start enjoying all those memory-keeping benefits RIGHT NOW.  

If you struggle to find time, visit the "need TIME?" tab at the top of this page, and always remember that you can actually {make memory-keeping into a family activity}, not just something on YOUR to-do list!

Or work with friends!  Check out the "Our Community & Events" tab to see what's coming up next.  There are 5 great options for accomplishing your memory-keeping goals by working with others.

Do it!  Create a photo-storybook!  A Forever photo-storybook is a beautiful, high-quality, meaningful way to preserve your life experiences through photos and stories, and it's a meaningful way to spend your time that you'll never regret.

The steps to get started are laid out {here} for you! 

If you like the yearbook idea, this tutorial shows you how simple it is to create using the Design & Print platform from Forever.  (For full flexibility and creativity with the Artisan program, get a basic overview here and see details here.  Contact me with questions!  I love answering questions and helping people make memory-keeping doable!)

 #noregrets #dontletyourbabiesgrowuptobejpegs

How to Support Small Business Without Spending a Cent

This post was updated in 2025.

Chances are you know a small business owner or network marketer.  Chances are you know several.  Some of my favorites include Pampered Chef, Usborne Books (now Paper Pie Learning), and Gold Canyon Candles.  

How do you, as their friend, support them?  

Here are some ways you can be one of their strongest supporters and cheerleaders without spending a cent or even stepping out of your house!

I have been thrilled as a FOREVER Ambassador to see the difference that small-but-growing business makes in people's lives.  It really matters!  And that's why I'm so passionate about it.  I certainly love it when someone makes their Christmas cards or a hardbound family yearbook at my FOREVER website, or when they ditch Google Photos or iCloud for something that's actually permanent and private but still shareable:  Forever Cloud. 

But, you know what?  I'm also thrilled to have likes and comments on my YouTube videos.

I love it when I post something in my Facebook group, and someone says, "This is such a good point.  I'm going to try this."

And I don't love these things because I want to be an influencer and have more likes than anyone on the planet.  I love these things because when someone interacts, it actually helps other people.  It helps me reach more people, and it also helps people who have been thinking for a little while about doing something I'm talking about think, "Hm.  Maybe I will."  

For example, if you aren't all that interested in making a family calendar, that's totally fine, but a simple comment like, "Wow, this is so cool that you can put birthdates and special days right in the calendar grid!" is a great way to support my small business.

Even a comment on a blog post goes a long way.  It tells search engines that what you're posting is valuable to someone else.  (It's why my blog post sharing linkup is called Will Blog for Comments.)  If you ever read a blog post and think, "That's so cool," I highly recommend taking a moment to leave a written comment:  "That's so cool."

Better yet, take some time to learn about your friend's small business.  Does she teach a class?  Does she host events?  How can you learn a little more? 

Small business Saturday is the day after Thanksgiving every year.  So if you don't have any plans (or even after your plans are over and you're plopped down on the couch to catch your breath), think of a small business owner you know.  Think about how you can support her small business without spending a cent, and then do it.

And, of course, any day is a great day to support a friend!  Make it a habit.

Even just Pinning a blog post to your Pinterest to give it some wider visibility is a great way to support a small business without spending a cent.

Pinterest loves tall images like this one, so they're the best ones to Pin.

It goes without saying that the very favorite way a small business owner would like to be supported is by you actually spending a cent on their business.  😁  Preferably more.  However, if that's not possible, you can always refer someone.  I don't have any animals, but I can refer my friend who is a vet to my other friends who do have animals.

Because this is also true:

 

What are your favorite small businesses?  What are other ways to support a small business that I haven't thought of here?  Tell me in the comments! 

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Finding Friends in Your Family

Learning about your family history gives you a glimpse into the history of you, but it also gives you opportunities to find friends in your own family.  Working together and playing together (even if it has to be scheduled in today’s hectic life) give family members opportunities to talk, accomplish something together, or just have fun together.  Family members can be a constant source of friendship throughout life.  But what about the family outside your own house?  How can you find friends in your family outside your walls?

Outside Your Walls:  A Path to Friendship

At a recent Family History Conference in Ogden, Utah, a speaker told of how she and her husband set up a little structure on their ranch as homage to an ancestor.  Inside, they framed the story of this ancestor so family members could read it and get to know him.  Their young grandson read the story and was thrilled with it.  

This is just one example of a “path to friendship,” as Rachel Trotter calls it–a way to develop friendships between generations.  In her article, {“A Family Story is a Path to Friendship,”} Trotter suggests other ways to do this, too.  For example, her daughter was given the name of two great-grandmas.  That daughter, knowing where her special name comes from, and the two special ladies it belonged to, has a strong sense of self and belonging.

And that’s what family stories are intended to do.

A variety of heirloom-quality storybooks that can be completely personalized are found {here}.

What family stories do you already know?  Have you recorded them, or are they still memories living in your head?  This article, {Creating Family Stories}, has some great resources to help you remember and record the family stories you already know, and some questions to ask to find more stories.  Get to know your parents, your grandparents, and your ancestors.  Then create a record so your children can get to know them, too.

I mentioned {last week} how fulfilling it is to me to connect with family members I’ve never met, like my great-grandparents.  Reading their stories, knowing their life experiences, and getting to know them a little makes a big impact on my own heartstrings.  It’s grounding, and it gives me hope.

Inside Your Walls:  Connections

Connections to people within the walls of our homes are important, too.  We talk about being so {“connected” these days–but are we}?  (There’s a short video at that link about a woman who strengthened a strained family relationship, too.)   

I’ve recently been trying to connect with someone who isn’t all that interested in connecting (mainly because he’s, well, a teenager).  So I have to be a little sneaky sometimes.  He’s quick to list ways we can’t connect:  “I’m not interested in __[something you’re interested in]___,” “I don’t want to__[do this thing you like doing]_____”.  This person is more like me than he wants to admit (mainly because he’s, well, a teenager), but the easy, go-to things we could do together aren’t that interesting to him.  I dropped a bombshell on him the other day.  I told him that we could actually find things we have in common and then do THAT together.

So often we think we can’t connect if there aren’t a few glaringly obvious things we have in common.  It’s so important to stop looking at things we don’t have in common and focus on what we do have in common.  This is when conversations and questions come in.  Just finding out what people think, what they like, what they don’t like, what they value, etc., helps you realize what you have in common.  Start with that, then build on it.

When we moved across the country (the second time), our kids were 17, 13, and 10.  Not an easy age to move and make new friends.  It really struck me that first night in our new but completely empty house:  we all have each other.  My kids left their friends, they haven’t had any time at all yet to meet a single person here, but they have each other.

Bring it Home

Finding friends in your family is worth the effort because we need each other.  I know how fantastic friends are, of course, but sometimes people move away or grow apart when things in common stop being in common.  Family is always there, so it’s important to make friends in your family.

Sometimes family friendships develop easily, sometimes they take some time and need some nudging.  I think the simplest way to foster friendships between family members and between family generations is to fill your home with reminders and stories and photos.  Fill your house with connections waiting to happen.  You could:

• {Create family yearbooks} to record and remember good times together.  
• Tell {family stories through keepsakes}.
• Write {life stories} of your ancestors for coffee table books.
• Hang a wrapped canvas to {display your pedigree chart} or fill your home with heritage with simple products like {the mug shown above}
• {Family-related games} encourage connections, too.

Try these ideas or do some brainstorming of your own.  Several of the #familyhistoryfriday posts from last month (November 2017) have great ideas for connecting, too.

Friendships within families, whether within the walls of your home or between generations, can be lasting and rewarding.  And this rich source of friendship can sometimes be the last place we think to look.

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Why Knowing Family Stories is a Necessity (and the astounding effects)

When I was growing up, 2017 sounded like it would involve flying cars.  Really, though, things aren’t that different from 1985.  Are they?  Houses are houses and cars are cars.  We go to school and work.  And yet, things ARE different.  With so many available activities and distractions now, family connections are harder to come by than they used to be.  

While it used to be nice to know family stories and family history, today it’s a necessity.  Here’s why.

We know a little more about the effect of family history today than we did in 1985.  It’s been {researched}, and the effects of knowing family stories on both kids and adults has been documented in recent years.  In Rachel Coleman’s article, {Why We Need Family History Now More than Ever}, she states:

"[Family history] can be a powerful antidote against adverse life experiences that we face today, giving us a stronger understanding of who we are and motivating us to deepen our roots for generations to come." 

Among other things, Coleman points to family history as a major factor to connection, identity, selflessness, and resilience.  Compassion and self-worth also come from knowing family stories.  These are all things we want!  Everyone can benefit from a little more compassion or a little more resilience.

Resilience is another by-product of knowing family stories because we can see how other people in our own clan overcame hardship.  We see them stand up again, try something new, or start over.  It gives us hope.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read a story about an ancestor and thought, “Oh, good grief.  I don’t actually have any problems!”  They provide great perspective.

And now for the big guns.

Coleman referred in her article to a popular and thought-provoking Ted Talk called {Everything You Know About Addiction is Wrong}.  In it, Johann Hari states that the opposite of addiction is not sobriety.  It’s connection.  Stop and think about that for a minute.  (Better yet, watch his talk.)  I’ve even heard connection defined as the opposite of depression.  How many other common problems today could be helped, managed, improved, or solved by simple connection?

Connection among family members can be elusive these days, even among those who sit at the same dinner table.  But connections make a difference!  Connecting with your roots, who you belong to and where you came from, whether you even met those family members or not, provides a sense of belonging and purpose.  Research backs it up.

Connecting with the people around the dinner table is important, but so is connecting with those who came before you.  If you're unsure about how connecting with people you never met can really help you, think of the connections you have made already with people you never met.  I’m in a couple of blog-sharing Facebook groups and Instagram share groups, and, you know, it actually IS possible to make connections without having met a person.  As I learn a little more about these people, I am connecting with them.  A few years ago I read a biography of one of the most remarkable American women in history, Susan B. Anthony.  After reading it, I sincerely and truly felt like if I had lived when she did, we would have been friends.  (If you haven’t {read it, you should}!  It will change what you think you know.)

"There isn’t a person you wouldn’t love if you could read their story."  ~Marjorie Pay Hinckley

How much better, then, to connect with and love someone in your own family.

A few years ago, I read the story of my great- great-grandparents.  I had known their names before, yes, but I didn’t really know (or appreciate) their stories.  I did some digging in some typed-up family stories my parents had given me.  I took those stories and {put them in a book} for my children.  

I was amazed at what happened to me.  I actually got to know my great- great-grandparents.  And I LOVED them.  They became friends to me.  I connected with them because I saw things we have in common, they did things I admired, and they were my people.  They were regular folk.  But they were MY folk.  I honestly still feel that connection to them to this day, 4 years after putting their stories in books for my kids.

In a family tree, everyone has a place.  You might be a root, you might be a branch, or you might be both.  Roots and branches are equally vital to the health of a tree.  A tree needs both.  So wherever you find yourself in your family tree, know that you are important.

photo credit: {Roots Gifts} (Family Fan Chart quilts and fleece blankets)

In addition to filling a place no one else can fill, you are a connection between those who came before you and those who come after.  Tell your story.  Share it.  And make your story what you want it to be.  Get started here.

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family-themed gift ideas

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  I've got some great family-themed gift ideas for you this year!  I spent a lot of time searching high and low to find some fantastic gift ideas for you that will encourage family connections and foster engagement. 

Many are interactive, but all are meant to strengthen relationships and family ties.

You'll have quite a few different ideas to choose from at each of these links:

• {for the whole family}
• {for kids}
• {for teens}
• {for grown-ups}

And Happy Christmas to all.

Your Family History in a Recipe

Did you know you can find your family history in a recipe?  It’s true.  Since a family history is just a family’s story, recipes, meals, traditions, and celebrations are part of that story.  From simple comfort food to fancy holiday dishes, you can find family history in a recipe.  Cookbooks and recipes are one fun, {creative way to share and enjoy your family’s story}.

My mother collected recipes from her mother and grandmother.  She compiled them several years ago, and it’s interesting to be able to go back now and see our family's history that way.  There are interesting “medicinal” recipes from the early 20th century. My great-grandmother had a recipe for ginger tea to calm an upset stomach.  My grandmother had a recipe for sugarless teething biscuits.  There are things I’ve never heard of like brown sugar seafoam candy and sauerkraut cake.  It helps me understand and appreciate what cooking (and what life) was like back then, and it also takes me home. {Nostalgia is nothing more than a way back home.}

A few years ago, I put together a family recipe book and asked each person in the family for their three favorite recipes.  The result is a great book that we can use for delicious recipes, of course, but it’s also both fun and useful to know what other people like to eat when they come to visit!  It's our CURRENT family history through recipes!  We all love it!

My grandma had a great, classic fudge recipe that I still use.  I love it because it’s not only delicious but it makes a lot so it’s perfect for giving away.  As my grandma’s niece said about this recipe, “If you’re going to make fudge, make fudge.”  And this does it!  So as a bonus for you today, here is Grandma's recipe:

Grandma Stott's Five Pounds of Fudge

enough fudge to sample yourself and give away, too

Ingredients

4 cups sugar

1/2 cup butter

1 cup milk

16 oz chocolate bar, broken in pieces

12 oz chocolate chips

1 pint marshmallow creme

1 tsp vanilla

1-2 cups chopped nuts optional

Instructions

In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, combine sugar, butter, and milk.  Bring to a rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add chocolate and marshmallow creme. Stir until combined, then stir in vanilla. Add nuts if desired. Stir well. Pour into a greased 9x13 pan for thick pieces of fudge or a jelly roll pan for thinner pieces of fudge. Let stand until cool.  Cut into squares.  Store covered.

{Click here for a great heirloom-quality publishing option.} 

What comfort food from your childhood do you enjoy?  What is a traditional food your family loves this time of year?  Have you recorded your traditions and favorites somewhere so they can be known and enjoyed for another generation?  Record your family's history through recipes, and you've got a timeless piece of your own story.

   

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This post was originally published at www.livegrowgive.org on December 1, 2017, by Jennifer Wise.  More #familyhistoryfriday posts can be found below by clicking the hashtag next to Labels.

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