{"id":1370,"date":"2014-06-04T19:45:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T02:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2014-06-04T19:45:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T02:45:25","slug":"your-2014-lasting-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/04\/your-2014-lasting-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Your 2014 Lasting Legacy&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The June 2014 issue of<em><strong> Better Homes and Gardens<\/strong><\/em> has a section called &#8220;Better Health.&#8221;\u00a0 And several pages are devoted to &#8230;the healthiest ways to use 30 Minutes&#8211;set aside 30 minutes every day to do something that nurtures your body and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Since you can become an expert in any field with one hour study and practice every day&#8211;may I suggest that family history nurtures not only your body and soul, it creates\u00a0 a <strong>lasting legacy<\/strong> for all those who come after you.<\/p>\n<p>The summer months, as busy as they are, seem to be more relaxed and families are less driven to accomplish &#8220;work.&#8221;\u00a0 Lemonade, an intriguing book or video, a lounge chair set in the shade of a large tree or on a covered patio.\u00a0 Phones on hold.\u00a0 Alarm clocks turned off.\u00a0 Sprinklers set on low.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You know the drill&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The pull out your pedigree.\u00a0 Choose an ancestor.\u00a0 Draft a research plan.\u00a0 And begin to learn more about that person.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t have to bring out all your files.\u00a0 Nor cover the dining room table&#8211;make it simple.<\/p>\n<p>One ancestor and his family.\u00a0 Spend 30 minutes drafting what to do.\u00a0 Then 30 minutes looking online for new developments in that saga.\u00a0 Almost any ancestor you could choose has new developments&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Make your summer vacation personal and nurturing.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll remember it all through the coming year.\u00a0 And you&#8217;ll be able to share what you learned with your family and friends.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle<\/p>\n<p>PS Stay tuned for some intriguing examples&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The June 2014 issue of Better Homes and Gardens has a section called &#8220;Better Health.&#8221;\u00a0 And several pages are devoted to &#8230;the healthiest ways to use 30 Minutes&#8211;set aside 30 minutes every day to do something that nurtures your body &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/04\/your-2014-lasting-legacy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}