Shipley, who runs Capture Your Life Stories, has been writing short life stories for years. Loveland, who teams with a son on Timeless Legacies, has been involved from the start. Nussbaum helped start Personal Historians NW, along with Lisa Kagan of Family Heirloom Arts. Gene Cohen wrote a book that said reminiscences for older adults is like chocolate for the brain." When you get individuals to start talking about their past, there is an amazing mental health benefit for them. "Old age is not for wimps it can be hard on a person. "It's just an opportunity to connect and build bridges between family members," she said. In 17 years, Loveland, who owns Timeless Legacies, has done about 50 books. They are stories on which the foundation of life has been built. I see my role is to preserve these stories to tell who you are. "In the past, it was a family dinner at grandma's house where stories were told. I just feel like there is so much we don't know about families' lives. "Storytelling is not my job my job is listening to stories and drawing them out. "The beauty of it is listening to the stories," said Nussbaum, an audio documentarian who has done "hundreds" of stories through her company, Real to Reel. They live and work anywhere from Centralia, Washington, to Eugene, and include the likes of Connie Shipley of Portland, AuraLee Loveland of Oregon City and Gloria Nussbaum of Beaverton, and have told stories for people around the country - many of them elder folks who want to share details of a life well-lived. The collection of people, through contract or for fun and goodwill, document human history - one family, one individual, one group, one company at a time. Inside of the dullest exteriors there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy."Īnd it's the mantra for some 20 writers, videographers and audio documentarians involved with the Personal Historians NW organization, an offshoot of the old Association of Personal Historians national group. Group members help clients leave legacy by sharing their life stories it's estimated that, collectively, they've done 500 storiesĮveryone has a story, or more specifically as Mark Twain put it, "There was never yet an uninteresting life.
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