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Starting in 2015, MyRetrospect.com was the place for baby boomers to tell their stories. Each week, we posted a prompt and invited boomers to think back and share forward their life stories, memories, thoughts, joys, and sorrows. By publishing stories and comments over the years, we built a thriving community of readers and writers.

In 2025, as new stories dwindled, we closed MyRetrospect.com to new members, new stories, and new comments. The site remains an archive of almost 3,500 contributed stories that comprise the collective mosaic of a generation. We invite you to browse by prompt, search by author or keyword, or let us surprise you with stories selected at random.

Enjoy! And thank you, loyal Retrospect writers and readers, for your support and for your stories.

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Starting in 2015, MyRetrospect.com was the place for baby boomers to tell their stories. Each week, we posted a prompt and invited boomers to think back and share forward their life stories, memories, thoughts, joys, and sorrows. By publishing stories and comments over the years, we built a thriving community of readers and writers.

In 2025, as new stories dwindled, we closed MyRetrospect.com to new members, new stories, and new comments. The site remains an archive of almost 3,500 contributed stories that comprise the collective mosaic of a generation. We invite you to browse by prompt, search by author or keyword, or let us surprise you with stories selected at random.

Enjoy! And thank you, loyal Retrospect writers and readers, for your support and for your stories.

Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

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A Selection of Trains and Train Platforms

by jonathancanter

I've always liked trains, especially those that are clean and fast, and headed south to Pennsylvania Station in New York...

Diminished expectations

by Khati Hendry

I suppose most memorable family vacations have something that goes wrong.

Redlines, artists, and mobsters

by Marian

All seemed very normal in this town, as long as you stayed in your lane.

Tales of the Scrabble Table

by Dana Susan Lehrman

Tales of the Scrabble Table Brought to You by the Letter Y I love the game and that’s why the Scrabble gods watch over me. [...]

by richard c rutherford

Each time I see a street fair I think to myself that a clever vendor should have a sign that says: STOCK UP FOR YOUR NEXT [...]

The Last Boomer Competition by Michael Kinsley

by Retrospect Team

That sports car may be to die for, but in fact you wouldn’t.

The Dead Book by Jane Churchon

by rnjanern

I like to take my time when I pronounce someone dead.

I Had Hair Once, But I Used It Up

by Tom Steenburg

"Regular haircut?" "Yup." Made his day.

The Great Arkansas Freeze Plug Blow Out

by Charles Degelman

I smelled the rubbery stink of an overheated engine.

Ten Games This Grandma Hates to Play

by Laurie Levy

I hope my children picture me as a doting grandmother, happily playing with their children, unburdened by the daily demands [...]