Last week I was up against the clock. I hadn’t a thing to contribute to the genealogy writers group that I attend at our local library. Our meeting was impending and I felt pressure to be an active participating member by reading my writing.
In the wee hours of the morning, I suddenly awoke with a glimmer of a thought. As I lay in bed tossing and turning, mental images of my maternal grandfather were brought together as I recalled what my mom had told me through her storytelling. Finally at 2:30 in the morning I got up and began to put words to the depiction I had created in my mind of my deceased grandfather.
As I wrote I sipped a cup of chamomile tea, hoping that once I had put my thoughts to rest on a piece of paper, the tea would relax me and help me fall back asleep. No such luck.
I was so content with the picture I had painted with words of my maternal grandfather, the rest of the night I lay awake pondering it.
My maternal grandfather and my maternal grandmother both passed away when I was very young. Their presence is not in my childhood memories of thanksgiving tables my family and I have shared together. However through the tales of my mother, I can bring her parents alive through my writing.
Writing about the legacy and values of a family is never time wasted. It becomes part of our heritage.
All Things Fulfilling 
I love genealogy. I spent two years researching and documenting my family on both parents side and can trace back to the 1600’s. Best of all I found through an online forum my father’s first cousin that no one knew existed (a long story).
We have since met and embrace a whole new family. Priceless!
Preserve it by publishing it for your family.It will become a permanent record because oral histories change with each retelling. The Bookcrafters in Parker Colorado is just one of many companies that can help you.