Letters to the Future: The Simple Guide for Writing your Memoir

If we could talk to our ancestors, what would we want to ask them? We would want to understand what their lives were like, what foods they enjoyed cooking, and how they spent their time. We would want to appreciate who they were as people and what kept them going when times were tough. We would want to know about their passions and their values. And certainly, we would want to receive their advice for a life well lived. Letters to the Future: The Simple Guide for Writing Your Memoir is a step-by-step guide for anyone to put their personal stories on paper to share with generations to come. Your children, grandchildren, and friends want to know the detailed records of your life. Use this guide to capture your greatest legacy, the story of your life, to pass onto your loved ones. Or use this book as a guide for talking to your friends and loved ones about their stories that can be collected and appreciated. After my dad died, I realized too late that I failed to write down his stories to share with my children. So, I set out to create an easy way to collect personal stories, because one’s greatest legacy is one’s story. ~Patricia Martin