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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Pandemic Generations Struggle Through Summer
Our country has failed this generation of children whose lives will be forever defined by their experiences during the pandemic.
Not-So-Fast Times at West Junior High
Pause and conjure up the image of what we looked like. Clearly charter members of the Dork Platoon.
What is my purpose ? where am I going ?
You won't believe it no one does
The Old Fisherman
I liked the old fisherman from the beginning.  He sits comfortably on a body-contoured stump, exuding patience and serenity, [...]
Holy Land, Smoly Land
By 1972 I was half-way through Brandeis and had not seen my brother in two years. He was studying to become a rabbi at the [...]
Not Woke But Trying
While I am far from woke, I really want to learn.
My Grandmother Jocelyn Would Be Proud
One morning my parents sat me down and told me that Jocelyn had passed away… that was when I started being serious about [...]
Say, what?
Worth a thousand words
Wild Things We Are
"I had a stormy rant ready, but...."

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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