​Grandlore is devoted to teaching people how to write their life experiences, feelings, lessons learned, advice, and family history for future generations. The program provides a safe and supportive environment for individuals to explore their past and put it into writing.

​The course is confidential, respectful, encouraging, and comprehensive. It is presented with honesty, integrity, and sincerity.

​With Grandlore's Guidance, you'll create a gift of personal and family history for your family, worthy of passing down through the ages.

​Ultimately, your heirs will know how you lived, what you did, what mattered most to you, and that you cared about them.

​What will you do in the Grandlore Memoir Program?

​You will write stories about your family, friends, education, jobs, activities, achievements, values, and so much more. In addition to your life experiences, you will share your feelings and advice for future generations. Your written legacy will be built one story at a time.

​There are three ten-week courses with different focuses.

​This course is the first of three courses. In this first 10-week course we will cover the topic of you and your family, broken into more specific subcategories throughout the 10 weeks. Writing begins during class, and you will write more each week at home. This course will run for 10 consecutive Wednesdays, beginning on May 13th through to Wednesday, July 15th.

​Each two-hour class covers a different subject.

​Sharing your stories for feedback is optional.

​Upon completion, you will have a ready-to-print book of family history.

​What's included

​This course includes 10 session, each 2 hours long. Grandlore will guide you step by step each week to document your legacy.

​What to bring

​A laptop is recommended for ease and efficiency of writing. If you are bring a laptop please do not forget your charging cable, as each session is 2 hours long.

​If you do not have a laptop, writing utensils and an acid free journal will be provided.

​We also recommend bring a seat cushion, as the chairs provided do not have padding.

​About the Creator of Grandlore, Karen Harlin:

​I have a passion for storytelling and gathering tales. Three experiences have driven my interest in documenting personal histories.

​First, I was deaf or hard of hearing for my first 13 years of life, which gave me the gift of cherishing the ability to communicate.

​Second, I grew up in a family that did not talk or share information about past generations.

​Third, I became a Grandmother to grandsons who lived far away and I wanted a way to share my stories beyond the distance of miles and time, because, initially, they were too young to understand or need that knowledge yet. I began writing my life experiences two months after my first grandchild was born.

​All of that led me to become the founder, story gatherer, and author that I am today.

​I have a BS in Professional Communications and have designed multiple educational courses.

​Currently, I give motivational speeches on "The Importance of Writing Your Life Stories" and I teach classes on "Writing Your Life Stories for Your Grandchildren, Great-grandchildren, and Beyond."

​Preserving personal history is my passion.

​Additional Details

• ​Please come a minimum of 10 minutes early to get checked in, find your seat, and get set up with your laptop or writing supplies.

• ​You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of your scheduled class for a full refund. Within 24 hours, you can reschedule to a different date or forfeit the cost you paid.