Jill Sarkozi, founder of the Safekeeping Stories program, talks about the mission and system of the work. Inspired by helping her father-in-law, a Holocaust survivor, write his story, Jill went on to develop the Storykeeping® method. Since founding the program in 2012, Jill and her team have helped many families capture their own family stories. The workshop provides a safe environment for these family members to explore the family’s Holocaust story, understand how it has been part of their own story, and then add their generational layer to the family story as they write observations about life with their survivor-family member.  Using a structured system of one-two page ‘slices’, children and grandchildren of survivors build up a 15-20 page history which they can use in many ways – in a slide show, as impetus for a heritage trip, and more. Helping people recover their family story and watch the reactions has often been a beautiful and moving experience.    Highlights: ·       Workshops are intimate groups of ten people, with a lot of personal attention and guidance.  ·       The focus has mainly been Holocaust stories preserved by children, grandchildren and other next generation family members of survivors, and will remain so for the next 3-5 years.  ·       Besides workshops, Safekeeping Stories offers speakers, one-day programs, and a method families can use independently. ·       Lesson learned, one: People retain the family story from the child perspective and watching the shift to the adult view is surprising. ·       Lesson learned, two: A person’s response to incredible loss, and the impact on subsequent generations positively and negatively, takes many forms. ·       Lesson learned, three: A small kindness can place a tenderness in someone’s heart. It can stay with them for life and is important to honor.   Social Media links for Jill: Website –  https://safekeepingstories.com Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/safekeepstories/ Linked In (personal page) – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-sarkozi-997518b/ Linked In (Safekeeping Stories page) – https://www.linkedin.com/company/78329846/admin/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/safekeepingstories/ Social Media links for Méli: Talking with God Project –  https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/melisolomon/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100066435622271 Follow the podcast! The Living Our Beliefs podcast offers a place to learn about other religions and faith practices. When you hear about how observant Christians, Jews and Muslims live their faith, new ideas and questions arise:  Is your way similar or different?  Is there an idea or practice that you want to explore?  Understanding how other people live opens your mind and heart to new people you meet.  Comments?  Want a transcript?  Email  Méli -          [email protected] The Living Our Beliefs podcast is part of the Talking with God Project. For information on talks, blog posts and more, go to – https://www.talkingwithgodproject.org/