Today more and more families are missing out of the valuable experiences of hanging out with grandparents and other members of an extended family. Life is so hectic. Over the next couple of generations, our children and their children--who have been raised on mass media rather than family stories and values sharing of important people in their lives--may come to know very little about their ancestry and traditions.

You live as long as your story is remembered.

This is a very intensive weekend project that will produce the bones of memoir writing or life story. There is a longer, more in-depth course on how to write a memoir in the works, but this will give you a great start and you may be satisfied with the finished product come Monday.