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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Smokey and the Screen Door
Smokey and the Screen Door Until she outgrew it,  my baby sister slept in a lovely little wooden cradle.   One morning my [...]
Universe ablaze with changes
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A birth, a death, a national election, or even someone new that you meet by chance, can turn your life upside down and make [...]
Joy and Arthur
Hi, I came across your story of Joy and Arthur quite by chance after a random google search. I married my childhood [...]
A Year of Loss
A Year of Loss It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the pandemic robbed us of life as we knew it. And in this [...]
Maine and Arizona
Two memories, perhaps not unique but important to my youth! Living in Connecticut, we vacationed for two or three years at a [...]
My Beloved Basement
My Beloved Basement I’ve written before about 2026 McGraw Avenue,  the house in the Bronx where I grew up,  and  in my mind’s [...]
Late to Cooking
How I progressed from zero cooking to pretty good.
My Good Day
The day I almost wasn't, but almost doesn't count.
The Time Capsule
In the womb of this arcane atmosphere, my imagination flourished...
Chestertown Follies
There were songs for the sisters, the grandchildren, the in-laws, and the whole “cast”.  We thought they were pretty clever.

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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