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Why does family history matter?

While I've been working onmy wip about my family history, I've been thinking--what does it all matter?  Why do we care what dead ordinary people did centuries ago? I guess the answer for me is that in my mind they're not really dead.  The stories I have about my ancestors bring them to life in… Continue reading Why does family history matter?

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One Universal Need

You are loved. No, I really mean it.  You are loved. Don't we all want to know that?  To be totally known by someone else and still accepted and loved despite our flaws? Just take a look at the millions of fairy tales and books and movies and songs through the centuries that address just… Continue reading One Universal Need