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While listening to the radio the other day I found myself listening to Jan D’Atri ,a local Arizona TV and radio personality and author.
I was very impressed by her discussion about the value of family and some of the simple things in families that connect us. The focus of her discussion was the joy of cooking within a family and the memories many women have of spending wonderful times, while they were young, cooking with their mothers and grandmothers.
Jan went on to encourage women to gather their precious family recipes along with the precious memories and commit them to paper. She has herself published a cookbook of memorable family recipes.
She also shares some wonderful stories of her own mother and the relationships that have become such a treasure over the years. A great reminder of what is most important in this life – family.
For a heart touching story check out this blog post by Jan’s mother.
Jan’s website has some great recipes you might want to try!
Here is one of my favorites.
English Trifle – I love English Trifle!
English Trifle
To see this recipe English Trifle
Favorite family recipes have become a popular book publishing activity within our circle of clients.
Click on the photo below to see how easy you can create your own family cook book.
Make your own Family Recipe book to share with the whole family
The Story of an American Hero
Early on the morning of Dec. 8, 1941, nine Japanese fighter planes swooped down on Malalag Bay in the Philippines and strafed and sunk two U.S. Navy seaplanes at the very outset of World War II. All of the Americans escaped unharmed except Ensign Robert G. Tills, 23, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, who was cut down by machine gun bullets. “Ensign Robert Tills died in the fusillade of bullets from the Japanese strafers, the first American naval officer killed in the defense of the Philippines,” the Naval Historical Center wrote. Continue reading…
Heritage Makers on Good Morning America
How great is THIS!!! Amazing publicity for Heritage Makers as Gayle King editor at large for O Magazine talks about Heritage Makers…one of Oprah’s Favorite Things this year. Read Oprah’s beautiful book memorializing her dog Gracie. Read the other book Gayle featured Before I Was Your Mother You can make books just like this for your family!
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO CLIP
If you would like to make a book of your own, please contact me, I would love to be YOUR personal publishing consultant! OR, if you are interested in a FANTASTIC business opportunity I would love to have you on my winning team! Heritage Makers will is fast becoming a household name! NOW is the time to join me on a groundbreaking opportunity as digital Storybooking and digital Scrapbooking take the world by storm! We are teaching people to preserve their memories and record their life stories and experiences leaving a wonderful legacy instead of all those old photos in boxes and new Jpeg’s cluttering their lives, our families will have beautiful hardbound books to pass on for generations to come.
The amazing Heritage Studio 2.0 is fun and easy to use, my clients love it, you will too! You will be thrilled with the quality of our products and they are ALL Made in America! Earn a lucrative income doing Heritage Makers as a business, or become a client-either way; I know you will love Heritage Makers!
Recently, our grandchildren moved out of state and I miss them so much. It gives ume comfort that I have made books for them and they have them available to read at anytime. Their storybooks convey a message of love and significance despite the distance between us. They know I made the books because they are such a significant part of our life and our family. They know I treasure the books I made because the books are about them.
I miss my grandchildren and will have 2 new books done by Christmas. What a wonderful gift to give at Christmas time!
I look forward to seeing all my grandchildren over the Holdiday season.
Cute Kids!!!
Emma and Taylor
For many years we have been friends with a sweet young woman who is going through some very difficult trials. We have known Mandy since she was in high school with our children. Now Mandy is a wonderful mother of six beautiful children living here in the Phoenix area. Two years ago Mandy gave birth to conjoined twin girls Emma and Taylor who are precious little miracles to say the least. After their birth the doctors didn’t hold out much hope for the babies, but these little girls have defied medical expectations and recently celebrated their 2nd birthday. I can’t imagine how difficult life is for Mandy and Tor her husband. We all know what it is like to raise a family under normal conditions; this little family is going through so much more than most…
I make a request today that you visit their website and please be generous and make a donation to this family as they prepare to find hearts that will beat separately for these special little babies. Above all else please remember to pray for them that God will give this family courage and faith as they prepare to make the arrangements to separate these precious babies. Little Emma is in critical need of surgery to prevent further damage being done to her side of the heart they share. They are going back to Seattle Children’s Hospital this month for preventative surgery and possibly even separation surgery to save their lives. I know that our collective prayers and generous donations will go a long way to assist this family in their time of need.
As we approach the Holiday Season, regardless of your belief, this is a time for family; or it certainly should be.
As we get closer to the Holiday season our lives become filled with the trivial logistics of the season – shopping, parties and travel plans.
I wanted to do something different this year and not become bogged down on the trivial stuff and rather spend some time thinking about something so much more important.
We have young Americans away from home and in harm’s way. They are defending this country from our enemies and helping to create an opportunity of freedom for others. While doing the ugly work of overcoming those that seek to destroy they are building into the lives of young Iraqi and Afghan children a hope that their future will be better than their past. Bringing the hope of freedom that will bring the opportunity to take their lives in their own hands and fill it with joy rather than fear.
One can only imagine what it must be like to be a parent of a young child in Iraq and to look at that child knowing that this child may have a better life than they did. The truth being that their child’s freedom came at the sacrifice of the young men and women of the US military.
As I reflected on their great sacrifice I thought of those young men and women who paid the ulitimate sacrifice and their families who will spend a Holiday Season with an empty chair at the family dinner table.
So to make sure I don’t forget who they are this Christmas season I will profile some of the bravest of Americans, who have given their lives in the service of this country and in the service of freedom – freedom for us and freedom for strangers in foreign lands.
Here is one such hero: Holly McGeogh
The Soft Face of a Warrior Heart
Name:Holly J. McGeogh
Rank:SPC
Service: Army
State: Michigan
Killed on: 31 January 2004
A long way from the safety of home
Home! Home! Safe at last never to worry again but how she will be missed.
Welcome Home
To the family of dear Holly,
May this season be one of comfort despite your loneliness. May your hearts be comforted in the knowledge that she misses you too; but she understands more than we who still live, for she waits on the other side of deaths veil knowing she will see you again.
Thank you Holly for the goodness of your heart. You deserve to be remembered and one more person knows your name.
For Holly’s full story – please take the time to read it – its worthy of your time – click on this graphic below
Nev and Barbie
As a mother who has experienced the loss of a child (Click for my own story); I know that the loss of a child is a life long journey.
Heritage Makers storybooks are an amazing way to transform a time of sadness and loss into a journey of comfort, joy and gratitude.
Here is one mothers story.
I remember when our other four children were growing up we would fill balloons with helium and attach little notes to the balloons and each year on our little Clark’s birthday we would send them heavenward to let him know we were thinking about him. I know we did it mostly because we wanted our children to know they had a brother who was our first born and we wanted to make sure he would never be forgotten. I came across an old proverb a while back that says it all…”You live as long as you are remembered”. It is wonderful to know that because of Heritage Makers these precious little lives will always be remembered and live on…WOW!
Read Oprah Precious Story – click on the book
It’s Official! If you haven’t heard this very exciting news yet, Heritage Makers Storybooks are one of Oprah’s favorite gifts! See O Magaizine now on sale – Heritage Makers 12×12 Storybooks is featured in O Magazine December edition-hurry go get your copy now. Being listed as one of Oprah’s favorite Things is one of the most sought after accolades a company can receive – WOW! To be on the O List! Love her or not we all know O Magazine and Oprah’s influence stretch far and wide.
What can Heritage Makers and Oprah do for you?
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Join me…become a part of my Winning Team.
As Oprah said “Every Story deserves a book of its own”!!
Storybooks do make a difference, they change lives in so many amazing ways…
It thrills me that even a women of Oprah’s stature and fame took the time out of her busy schedule to personally thank Brenda for the storybook she received memorializing her precious puppy Gracie.
Oprah is a powerful woman, but more importantly she is a classy woman! Listen to her beautiful words of gratitude Thank you Brenda!
I know that Oprah knows…money can’t buy class. She’s simply got it!
Why don’t you GoStorybooking Today!
Make a Storybook about the most important people in your life…a person, place, or even a pet. Give the gift of heritage to the heroes in your life and discover the power of Storybooking! It will CHANGE your life and touch the lives of those around you!
Well our blog has been back seat to a crazy 4 weeks over the Christmas holiday as we juggled business, travelling, spending time with family and the usual holiday hustle around the malls and shopping centers.
So to get a great start on the new year we enjoyed a wonderful cruise to Mexico as a reward for achieving Top Achiever Club within our Heritage Makers business. What a great reward for a year of really hard work!
We left most of our cares behind and allowed ourselves to relax, enjoy the sun and fresh air. We crusied from Los Angeles and visited 3 sun filled ports in Mexico.
It gave us a chance to lose ourselves while reading a couple of novels, taking lots of photos and great walks on the beaches of Mexico.
We look forward to achieving Top Achievers Club status again this year and another cruise in January 2009 to the western Caribbean.
While looking through the great box of photos we have, I found some photos that bring back great memories and stories.
One of our many sojurns in this life was in Africa, our birth place. We used to take vacations to a wonderful hot springs in the remote part of northern South Africa. We would enjoy several days of camping and exploring the area. These were great times that we remeber with great fondness. Simple days camping, swimming, daytime naps in the shade and the companionship of our small children. What fun we had.
One such treat was to explore the Baobab trees in the area.
The Baobab tree will always bring back special memories for us. As you can see they are very unique trees that are found in the arid parts of Africa and India. They are often hard to describe to people and do justice to such a magnificent tree.
So here are some photos including photos of “the Baobab tree kids”.
GoStorybooking 
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