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.

Read Stories:

In Praise of Invisible and Brave Women
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We were aware that it was bound to happen someday, but it sneaked up on us unexpectedly.
What In The Hell Are Taxes!
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“Excuse me… there seems to be a mistake on my paycheck. A big mistake.”
Holes in my head
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When I first saw this Retro prompt, a David Sedaris essay* came to mind. Here, Sedaris laments the lack of worthwhile [...]
Impressing the Tough Guy
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His favorite athlete was Rocky Marciano.
The Pavilion
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The Pavilion  In March 2020 on the cusp of the Covid outbreak my husband was scheduled for surgery,  but the prospect of him [...]
The Real Boys of Summer
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To say that baseball in the former Eastern bloc is developing would be a compliment.
Olympic Hopeful Adjacent
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At best sports were a minor part of what really mattered in life.
Expats in London: Summer of ’74
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Nixon's address would go down at 3:00 in the morning, London time. But this was history and we were not going to miss it.
Too Old to Resist Again?
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In the face of injustice ... resistance.
The Last Time
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Saying goodbye to a furry friend is never easy, even if you've only known him for a few days.
The Tenth One Goes to Michigan
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1963, the year I started college, was a rather schizophrenic time for women. There were glimmerings of feminism and social [...]
Baby Girl
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Baby Girl Downstairs in the open loft apartment, I hear above me my daughter and her husband and my new grandbaby  having one [...]

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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