A Legacy of Days: Ten Fun Ways to Tell Your Story to the Next Generation

by Letitia Suk

Racing through life, we barely slow down enough to take photos of special moments. When we do remember to snap the shots, they stay on our phones. Our daily life might be recorded by occasional Facebook posts which our grandchildren will never see. Our mother handed down a recipe for her famous chocolate cake, but we lost it a decade ago. Someone asks how you celebrate Easter in your family, and you draw a blank. Your story of your first powerful encounter with God is burned in your memory but the rest of the family has never heard it.

A Legacy of Ten Fun Ways to Tell Your Story to the Next Generation writtenby Letita Suk addresses all these scenarios plus more while also providing the motivation and instruction for how to tell your story in ten innovative and fun ways. Readers will discover ways to pass on their stories in their own style and create a legacy more precious than money.

Topics
· Keeping a Family Life Journal.
· Creating your personal “What Happened on this Day in History?” almanac.
· Telling the story of your faith journey.
· Figuring out what to do with all the photos.
· Passing down enduring recipes.
· Defining the traditions that shape your family.
· Locating your family’s “Historical Markers.”
…and more!

202 pages, Paperback

Published March 21, 2025

About the author

Letitia Suk invites women to chase the intentional life. She writes and speaks of renewal and restoration offering platters of hope to women in each season of life. Her blend of humor, stories and grace propels audiences towards a fresh experience of God.

Tish is also a retreat guide and life coach in the Chicago area and moonlights as a hospital chaplain. She loves to walk by Lake Michigan, browse resale shops and make up new family traditions.

Tish blogs at hopeforthebest.org and is the author of 100 Need to Know Tips for Moms of Tweens & Teens, Getaway with God: The Everywoman’s Guide to Personal Retreat and Rhythms of Renewal. Visit Letitiasuk.com for more info.

Reviews

[Eva Burkholder · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you’re just starting out or looking back over your life, “A Legacy of Days” is the book for you. Letitia Suk offers simple ways to preserve your family’s story by capturing everyday moments. With illustrations from her own life, testimonies from others, and step by step instructions, she shares ten ways—journals, photos, almanacs, recipes, interviews, traditions, history, homes, correspondence, and faith—we can tell our stories to our children and children’s children. I can’t wait to try some of Suk’s creative and fun ideas.

[Cathy Ellison · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Legacy of Days, by Letitia Suk, addresses an inner drive that I feel to ensure that my story will have been seen and understood by the next generation. Suk has written a delightful book that at its heart helps the reader find easy and fun ways to tell our stories and imprint the most significant and beautiful parts of our lives to our family and friends and especially to our children and their children.

I found this book easy to read while being inspiring and creative. It makes the idea of telling my story feel so much more doable. Passing on our stories does not require us to be talented writers or full-time family historians. Letitia Suk gives us so many ideas that only require a couple minutes a day. What a relief!! From journaling, to family almanacs, to photos, to recipes, letters and more, we discover that there are so many clues we already have at the ready to highlight in a few easy steps so that our kids and people who love us will be able to remember what was important to our lives.

I love the book. An added bonus was the selection of stories from real people interviewed telling how they have applied some of the same methods to pass on stories from their lives to their loved ones as well!

A Legacy of Days was a valuable investment of my money and time. I highly recommend it!

[Rebecca Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enjoyable, fun read! Extremely informational and inspirational to help people pass down the memories, the traditions, the special holiday celebrations that their families enjoy. Includes specific details on the ways to accomplish this and testimonials of examples from her friends and family! Great resource to inspire, guide and help you pass on the fun and love your family shares.

[Sheryl Baker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book! It is evident that leaving a legacy for the next generation is near and dear to author Letitia Suk's heart. In the pages of her newest book, A Legacy of Days: Ten Fun Ways to Tell Your Story to the Next Generation, she shares countless, creative and fun ways to do this. With the variety of choices, there is at least one or two that will grab your attention and pull you in. I found 3 ways that my mother had done this already. One is in a daily journal that she started in 1983. She has dementia now and I am reading her journals back to her while learning about her life through her hand written words. One of the parts I like best about this book is not only does Letitia include her own stories and ideas, but she also includes those of others. Seeing how each person handled their project gave more variety; triggering more ideas of how to accomplish such a project. A wonderful book! It makes a perfect gift for those younger who may not have even thought about starting their own legacy. A great instruction manual as to how to start your own. It's never too late. Great job, Tish!

[TLC Nielsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book about ways to capture your story for the next generation. The ten chapters and four appendices are packed with valuable information on fun ways to record your story for younger generation. I appreciated the family almanac idea and plan to move my family calendar from current birthdays to significant family history dates like past marriage and anniversary dates and fun dates like when we surprised our various grandkids by playing in the pit orchestra of one of their musicals. So many amazing ideas can be found in A Legacy of Days by Letitia Suk! This a must read for anyone wishing to preserve their story for the next generation.

[Marge Carhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

What was a difficult challenge became easy after reading this book. I am an 88 year old grandma and great grandma and I have much to pass on. Legacy of Days has given many doable ideas on how to do this!!!

[Mimisam713 · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the book was interesting, as a 65 year old I found it somewhat skewed towards families with young children. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it didn’t really pertain to me.