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I never thought I had anything interesting to say. Three weeks later I had 40 pages of my life — and my grandchildren cried when they read it. I didn't know they didn't know any of this.
Eleanor, 81
Completed her memoir in 3 weeks · Vermont
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My professor assigned this as a creative writing project. I started writing about my parents immigrating from Korea and couldn't stop. I turned in 60 pages. It was the first A+ I ever got.
Soo-Yeon, 20
Sophomore · Boston University
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I've built three companies and never once stopped to reflect on any of it. This process made me realize how much I'd actually lived. My team read it at our annual retreat. They understood me for the first time.
Marcus, 47
CEO & Founder · Atlanta, Georgia
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My husband passed last year. Writing his story — the parts I knew and the parts he'd told me over 51 years — was the most healing thing I have ever done. Now our children have him, always.
Colette, 74
Wrote her late husband's memoir · Lyon, France
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I grew up not speaking English. I wrote my memoir in Spanish and the translation was beautiful. For the first time, my American-born kids could read about where we really came from.
Esperanza, 62
Written in Spanish · San Antonio, Texas
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I never thought I had anything interesting to say. Three weeks later I had 40 pages of my life — and my grandchildren cried when they read it. I didn't know they didn't know any of this.
Eleanor, 81
Completed her memoir in 3 weeks · Vermont
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My professor assigned this as a creative writing project. I started writing about my parents immigrating from Korea and couldn't stop. I turned in 60 pages. It was the first A+ I ever got.
Soo-Yeon, 20
Sophomore · Boston University
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I've built three companies and never once stopped to reflect on any of it. This process made me realize how much I'd actually lived. My team read it at our annual retreat. They understood me for the first time.
Marcus, 47
CEO & Founder · Atlanta, Georgia
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My husband passed last year. Writing his story — the parts I knew and the parts he'd told me over 51 years — was the most healing thing I have ever done. Now our children have him, always.
Colette, 74
Wrote her late husband's memoir · Lyon, France
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I grew up not speaking English. I wrote my memoir in Spanish and the translation was beautiful. For the first time, my American-born kids could read about where we really came from.
Esperanza, 62
Written in Spanish · San Antonio, Texas
