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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Magical Memories
I loved getting mail. While email is immediate, there was something gratifying, even sensual to HOLDING mail in your hand. [...]
The Good Fairy of Parking
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Ever since I can remember, my mother could find a parking place anywhere.
The Parents Group
The Parents Group When our son was born in New York Hospital I was asked if we’d like to attend The First Year of Life,  a [...]
Be Prepared
Scouting was a big part of my younger years. I enjoyed the camaraderie with other Scouts, had a great time camping, and [...]
White Gloves
My mother and her two sisters had excellent manners. They always knew what to wear for any occasion, how to behave, how to [...]
A Cup of Tea in Ireland
A Cup of Tea in Ireland Twice I travelled to Dublin to study at the James Joyce Summer School.  There we students were housed [...]
‘Tis the Season?
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It was dark, dark, dark, for days, and the bad air made walking outside impossible for nearly six weeks. And BAM, I was [...]
Coronavirus Craziness Plus Moving Madness
Trying my best to “keep calm and carry on.”
Black Magic
Each time I respond to a post, Facebook uses it to categorize and phenotype me, to slice and dice my likes and comments and [...]

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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