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"What the next generation will value most is not what we own but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it’s the family stories that are worth the storage."
~ Ellen Goodman
Boston Globe Columnist

The Value of a Memoir

Imagine that your ancestors had kept a diary of their day-to-day lives. A personal history full of anecdotes and events that shaped their lives. What fun it would be to leaf through the pages of their memoirs, enjoy their family photos, hear their voices and see similarities in your own life today.

When you think about it, our life story is our most valuable asset. Yet if it is not captured in print or audio, it remains an intangible asset.

Milestones, The Gift of a Lifetime, based in Chicago and Palm Springs, California, assists clients in preserving the story of their lives as a legacy for children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Anecdotes and memories are drawn out and transformed into compelling narratives, organized, edited and laid down in beautiful, published volumes.

There are many reasons for capturing an autobiography in a book or video; following are some reasons why our clients have chosen to do so:

   •"Why wait? We didn’t want our family history to get lost for the next generations."

   •"I want my grandchildren—and their children—to understand how I built this business and what my core beliefs and values are as it is passed on to them.”

   •"I realize this personal history is for posterity and it’s important to me to have something of quality that I can be proud to share with my family, friends or colleagues”

bonnie@yourmilestones.net Association of Personal Historians