You’ve seen some of my older family photos if you’ve read through my blog posts. I’m able to share them with you because they’re digitized and safely stored in my FOREVER® digital space. This photo of my grandmother when she was 4 years old was taken well over 100 years ago. You’ll learn two…
TV news and social media in my area in greater Palm Spring was filled with scenes from the fast-moving Hurricane Hilary. The tropical storm swept through the desert cities stranding drivers and forcing a nursing home evacuation in places like Cathedral City. In La Quinta where I live our weather is normally quite boring. We…
Photo coaching is a versatile home business you can own that achieves 3 important results: offers peace of mind connects the past and future generations brings hope and joy Read on to see why it’s been my career for almost 30 years. I named my business Safeguard Your Memories® because it’s satisfying and rewarding helping…
Where will you safeguard and store your Independence Day and other summer photos and videos? Remember marveling at the burst of reds, blues, oranges and other colors in the fireworks displays going off on the Independence Day? What are your favorite memories? In Pasadena where I lived for many years, a major celebration takes place…
Decluttering and organizing your home reduces your stress and boosts your personal quality of life. Clean up clutter and you’ll reduce stress and boost your self-esteem, as noted by a New York mental health expert, linked to in the article at the end of this post. Closets, garages, and family rooms or spare bedrooms get…
A quick search of top vacation spots in the U.S. and Canada shows that national parks and Hawaii top the list for U.S. News and World’s Report Travel section. Glacier National Park was given the top spot while Maui came in second. Grand Canyon National Park came in third and Honolulu-Oahu came in fourth. Yellowstone,…
Do you ever wonder what types of photos and videos you’ve already taken? Keeping an inventory of your memories is tough if one of the kids or grandparents hasn’t recently been in person at a holiday, like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or the 4th of July. Even if your kids are still young in middle…
A friend of mine was visiting his childhood home and was cleaning an upstairs attic that his elderly father could no longer clean. He found a shoebox covered with dust, opened the lid, and saw it stuffed with letters. He pulled one out and saw dozens more letters his deceased mother had written to his…
You find a postcard from your trip to the Grand Canyon or that special vacation you took to Italy decades ago. And you want to save it for your grandkids and their grandkids. How do you safely store it? That’s what I’m tackling this week. Postcards from the past are memories worth saving just like…
I know why it’s tough to store your photos, videos and more in a safe, secure place. It seems like you don’t have time. So many other things are priorities. But storing your memories digitally—and permanently—has lifetime benefits for your family that will last for generations to come. Here’s a brief story: My family used…