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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Brubeck
Brubeck Over the years I’ve seen many memorable performances, early on as a teenager hearing Ella Fitzgerald at the Danbury [...]
Ten Games This Grandma Hates to Play
I hope my children picture me as a doting grandmother, happily playing with their children, unburdened by the daily demands [...]
A Certain Cachet…
Smell is the sense most connected to our inner brains, to our memories and emotions
Memories
I keep memories. The photo is me in 1972 wearing a cherished dress brought from Russia by my maternal grandmother in 1906. It [...]
For Mr. Hollander, Ms. Vit, and Linda
A favorite teacher lives forever in our hearts.
Auld Lang Syne
Where to begin? MyRetrospect.com has been a huge part of my life since the autumn of 2015. Patti and John Zussman, dear [...]
Say Cheese
I realized as the the words were coming out of my mouth that "real" and "Velveeta" should never be used in the same sentence. 
My Grandmother’s Treasures
A Family Heirloom, treasured, but never used.
The Rule of Three
  This story makes more sense if you know a little about the mechanics of riding a mountain bike. Think of a catcher [...]
To My Many Selves
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Be proud of your accomplishments and intellect. Whew, all those highs and lows ...

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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