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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Can You Spell Hello?
Okay, I admit it. I’ve always been a lousy speller. Though one might not expect this from a straight A student, it is [...]
What We Didn’t Eat
Half of what’s in our fridge today, I hadn’t even heard of in 1965!
An Undesirable Juror
Having been in federal law enforcement for most of my adult life, I was involved in many court trials.  As the investigator, [...]
The Dead Relatives Tour
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They were set aside as my Cemetery Shoes.
Feminine list
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A quick list. Good riddance to a number of things, some of which passed through my life but briefly, others that lasted a [...]
Cars make sounds!
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Living in the suburbs and going to high school in the nearest city with friends and activities spread around the area, I [...]
Tossing the Dice
Not easy for a woman who hates to gamble. But nothing in life is ever a sure bet.
Moon River
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Moon River was almost cut from Breakfast at Tiffany's; fortunately they kept it in and it won the Oscar for best original song.
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
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My high school was a small, selective public high school on the campus of Montclair State College that admitted 30 students [...]
Slipping Away
I have been surrounded by depression (not just Seasonal Affect Disorder, but true depression) my whole life. My paternal [...]

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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