We help you write a short, shareable family story about your parents and grandparents one small Slice at a time. We’ll guide you to write stories as you tell them, so they sound like you.
Create a book about your family that your kids can share with their kids someday.
Most people finish with a family story that can be read in one sitting.
A step-by-step writing framework with clear weekly guidance that helps you turn what you remember into a family story. No special writing talent is needed. The process is designed to be simple, manageable, and enjoyable for busy lives.
You know more about your family than you think you do.
Family stories we inherit shape who we are. They influence how we see the world, the choices we make, and the values we carry forward. Most of us know more than we think we do about our family’s past, and when we write it down, we create something meaningful for our children and ourselves.
I help people write a short, shareable family story using the Storykeeping® method. I designed it for busy people who want to write about their parents’ and grandparents’ lives, for themselves and the next generation. No writing experience is required.
Over the past decade, I’ve helped hundreds of people write and share their stories through one-on-one consulting, workshops, speaking engagements, and programs for organizations.
My father-in-law was a Hungarian Holocaust survivor, so I helped him write about his family’s experiences during and after the war. Later, the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center commissioned me to create a writing program for children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. I led it throughout Westchester County, New York, for three years, and trained four additional facilitators to support its delivery.
I didn’t learn much about my paternal grandparents’ lives until I was in my 40s, and knowing their story changed how I see my own.
Ellen completed the Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop program, trained to become a program facilitator, and has been leading workshops since 2018. She shares the story of her mother-in-law, also named Ellen Kaidanow, in schools to inspire people to be “upstanders” instead of bystanders.
Debby completed the Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop program, trained to become a program facilitator, and has been leading workshops since 2018. The Ziering family story, as told by Debby, is recounted in the Herman and Lea Ziering Archive Center at The Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Center at Manhattan College. Debby is the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and shares her father’s story in educational settings.
Bill completed the Safekeeping Stories of the Holocaust Workshop program, trained to become a program facilitator, and has been leading workshops since 2021. Bill spent 36 years as an educator, including over a decade teaching at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. He is the son of two Holocaust survivors and shares his father’s story as a Gallery Educator at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan.
Paul Sarkozi is Chair of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP in New York City. He has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in NYC for over a decade. Paul is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. Paul’s father, grandparents, and uncle survived the Holocaust.
Writing your story, and the stories of your parents and grandparents, is an invitation to understand where you come from and what has defined your family. Finding the words to share this with your children matters because your family’s past has shaped them, whether you write it down or not.
Write the stories your children will wish they knew.
Gathering what you know about your parents and grandparents in one place is a gift to the next generation and to yourself. It turns your memories into something your family can hold onto.
I’d be happy to help you begin. If you’d like to talk through your next step, you can book a call with me here.
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