Words That Endure® Products

Recalling and recording our stories helps us review and make new meaning of our lives. A personal history as a manuscript or book (words that endure) gives the next and later generations an understanding of who they come from. Our stories may be healing to our son and daughter, give hope to a grandchild, offer new information to any family member, and change our relationships for the better with those we love.

Words That Endure® helps people get their stories on to paper. The cost may be as little as a weekend on the town, or as much as a long sojourn on a luxury liner. For instance, a personal history of a long life takes more interviewing and transcription time than a brief legacy letter, hardcover books are more expensive than softcover books, and more copies of the finished work cost more than fewer copies. See the Process page for more details.

Manuscript Options

• A Quick Look in the Mirror

  A one-hour meeting when we'll record your story of a pivotal person or event in your life. This will be transcribed, printed on archival paper, and given to you in a loose leaf binder.

• Legacy Letter

  A brief, focused opportunity for transmission of heritage, the personal values and accrued wisdom of the story-teller, and expressions of love and affirmation to descendants.

  • Two 90-minute recorded interviewing sessions with focused queries from the interviewer
  • Transcription and light editing as needed
  • Printed on archival paper in spiral-bound book

• A Thread from the Tapestry of Your Life

  Recount an important life transition, or memories of a childhood friend, or the trajectory of a life challenge, or a tribute to an individual who has been significant in your life.

  • Three hours recorded interviewing sessions
  • Transcription and light editing
  • One revision
  • Up to ten images
  • Professional editing, layout, design, proofing, printing, and binding
  • Archival paper

• Your Life Story

  Capture your wide-ranging life story as a written legacy, an heirloom to be given to those you love.

  • Up to ten hours of recorded interviewing sessions
  • Transcription and light editing
  • Two revisions
  • Creation of a chaptered narrative arranged by theme or chronology
  • Up to thirty images
  • Professional editing, layout, design, proofing, printing, and binding
  • Archival paper

To find out more, contact Edna by e-mail or at 630-204-1650.