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My Mom's Sense of Humor Will Be Seen for Generations

By Maureen Harrity  •  August 19, 2024

My mom was a practical joker, even when she was hospitalized and told that she had small-cell carcinoma on her breastbone.

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Discovering a Gift My Mother Left Behind

By Joyce Klingele  •  August 15, 2024

My mother passed away earlier this year in February at the age of 87. While I was gathering her things for the funeral home, I found a small black journal on a cabinet next to her dresser.

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My 60th Birthday Surprise

By Sandy Wirth  •  July 16, 2024

My family planned a surprise 60th birthday party for me in 2020 and because my daughter has access to my FOREVER account, and I had digitized our old scrapbooks and scanned older photos, she was able to get tons of fun old photos from my childhood to present day to put on display at my party!

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You Never Know What's in that Old Box of Stuff

By Debbie Garland  •  June 25, 2024

Growing up the youngest of five children in the 1960s, there are very few photos of me. My parents were older when I was born and the novelty of having kids had worn out for them. I don’t think we even owned a camera, so the photos I have were usually shared by somebody else.

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I Never Knew my Mom Could Play the Guitar!

By Melodie Jones  •  June 18, 2024

Last month I sent in an old audio tape (from the early 1960s) to be digitized by FOREVER, not knowing what was on the tape. It turns out... it's priceless!

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Restored Photos Bring Mom to Tears

By Angela Dekkers  •  June 10, 2024

For Mother’s Day this year, I decided to have photo colorization and photo restoration done by FOREVER for my mom.

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A Journey Shared & Preserved

By Paula Moses  •  May 21, 2024

"I never thought I would be creating an album like this. No one does, but here I am." This is how I started my album description when I created my breast cancer journey album.

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I Wanna Help Her!

By Megan Blondeau  •  May 12, 2024

Mom was trying to capture baby sister's first time eating cereal. But then big brother showed up and demanded to help!

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If I Were to Marry Today

By Megan Blondeau  •  May 7, 2024

In some ways I’m glad to have my wedding behind me, though I’m also a bit saddened because…

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Photo Restoration: Bring Your Past Back to Life

By Lori Lafferty  •  August 8, 2023

Several weeks ago, my photo client, who also happens to be a co-worker, approached me with a unique request. She had an old photo of her parents in a casual setting on a grassy field.

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CeCe Moore: Genetic Genealogist

CeCe Moore is a genetic genealogist whose work has led to the solving of countless cold cases, as well as reuniting families.

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Gordon Parks: Photographer, Filmmaker, and Journalist

February at FOREVER is Family History Month, and nationwide, it's **Black History Month** as well! Let's learn about groundbreaking photographer Gordon Parks.

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A Second Chance After Tragedy

By Brenda Baker  •  January 10, 2023

April 27, 1996: my wedding day. As it is for many people, it was one of the happiest days of my life; We had a wonderful time on that day, and captured the memories in photographs and on video. It's always surprising how much can change in a moment.

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Dealing With the Aftermath: Hurricane Ian

By Charlene Orsine  •  November 29, 2022

On September 28, Hurricane Ian took aim at SWFL (Southwest FL), making landfall near Cayo Costa as a dangerous, high-end Category 4 storm. FOREVER Ambassador Charlene Orsine was there to help.

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Snapfish Accidentally Deleted My Photos

By Gina Janaszek  •  November 10, 2022

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. It is so true. What would we do without our photos? That almost happened to me.

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Reliving History, One Letter at a Time

By Roxanne Buchholz  •  October 31, 2022

At the time I started putting my family history documents together, no one in the marketplace was using bits and pieces of real-life memorabilia to create digital art kits in order to beautifully accent the written stories of yesteryear.

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How Memory-Keeping Solved a 23 Year Mystery

Random acts of kindness - how often do we perform them and never think twice about it? What if we were able to see the impact of our actions on others? This rhetorical question became a reality for Tracy Peck on Saturday, April 30.

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Restoring with Historian

By Rhonda Gardinier  •  April 21, 2022

What happens when the only photos you have seem "beyond repair"?

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Friends Around The Globe

If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it 1,000 times: everyone needs FOREVER. Everywhere needs FOREVER. And, with this client, we just got a little bit closer to “everywhere.”

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Three Generations Jumping Rope

By Wendy Gordon  •  April 14, 2022

I’m 55. My mom is 83 and my dad and grandparents have all passed away. Our home movies were stored in an old trunk in my parent’s basement for at least 40 years.