Don't Wait Until the Eulogy to Say What Matters
I help you capture the stories that matter and say thank you while the people you love can still hear it — and, for those already grieving, hold close the ones who are gone.
You know their stories matter. But time is running out.
We wait. We mean to ask the questions, share the memories, say the thank-you — and then, too often, we're doing it at a funeral instead of a kitchen table.
Here's what I know after writing Gifts of Gratitude, sitting with my own dad to capture his stories before we lost the chance, and hearing from readers walking the same road:
It doesn't have to be this way.
What this work helps you do
Capture the stories that would otherwise be lost
Ask the questions that open up a conversation years in the making
Say the gratitude out loud — now, while it can still be received
Turn ordinary memories into the family history your kids and grandkids will keep
And when someone's already gone: remember them in a way that keeps them close
This isn't about doing more. It's about not standing at the end of a life, or a season, wishing you'd said the thing.
Gifts of Gratitude
A nostalgic journey through a Midwest childhood in the '70s and '80s — the ordinary moments made extraordinary by the people who shaped a life. Part memoir, part invitation, with prompts to help you find and share your own gratitude before it's too late.