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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Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

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You Don’t Always Want What You Get
I’ve always loved going for interviews.  I know how to shine at an interview. And I almost always get the job or the [...]
A Seder Celebrating Sacrifice and Safety
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I have no memory of what we spoke about but cannot forget the image of this wonderful woman, now frail and with hands gnarled [...]
Roach Motel
We married after I graduated from Brandeis in Waltham, MA in 1974. I went home to Huntington Woods, MI to prepare for the [...]
Good Boss, Bad Hair
My boss, Holly, raced to her office and closed the door. I had not been working long at the radio station, but I knew this [...]
I’m the Sucker Who Falls for Practical Jokes, and I Hate It
I do have a sense of humor, but please don’t tease me or make me (or someone else because I’m an overly empathic person) the [...]
Caring to say goodbye
What does care mean when you can say goodbye? And when you cannot?
How to Use a Drill
Now, I remember why I hate Ikea.
Pick a Card
Pick a card. Any card. How many times has a kid asked you to do that?
There’s a Place…
So, over the last 65 years, I have progressed from my room to my recliner and my shop, and I am as happy as a clam.
Bed and Breakfast
Bed and Breakfast On their first wedded Valentine’s Day they had their first big fight.   Angry and hurt,  she ran out to her [...]

Writer’s Choice

Inspiration for this prompt was to see the list of past prompts, then think back and share forward your Writer’s Choice story!

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