Why a book?

A person’s true wealth is not their net worth. It’s the values, experiences and memories that have made him or her the person they are.

And so a book is an excellent way of passing on the true wealth your parents or grandparents have accumulated over a lifetime.

It’s a solid and sure investment in your family’s future.

AND A WAY OF IMMORTALIZING YOUR LOVED ONES.

Because the truth is, if you wait until “the time is right” and you don’t do it, they won’t be around to tell you. And they’ll be forgotten after a generation or two.

I speak from experience. For the first 20 years of my life, I lived five minutes away from my paternal grandparents, seeing them almost every day. Yet now, 30 years after they passed away, the memories have faded and my children know very little of their lives.

On the other hand, my maternal grandparents lived much farther away and we saw them maybe three times a year. But today they are a living presence in my life and the lives of my children.

The difference? A book. I wrote a book about them.

“Spoken words fly away but the written word remains” (Latin proverb)

I promise you your book will become a priceless family heirloom.
Something your children and grandchildren will treasure for generations.

Here are just five reasons why:

  1. They’ll each have a copy of the book and know all about the values their ancestors personified (whether they read it now or in 30 years’ time).
  2. The book will strengthen their connection to their parents/grandparents, and all that they stood for.
  3. It will give you and your parents pride, pleasure and peace of mind. You and they will have preserved all that is important. No regrets. No guilt.
  4. Passing on their stories, values and traditions to the next generation keeps parents vibrant, active and contributing.
  5. It’s a healing, cathartic and comforting experience. Not a closure but a celebration.

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I paid a condolence call to the family of a man I’d written a book for.
They and he hadn’t been particularly enthusiastic about doing it and couldn’t see the value in it.
But after he was no longer, it clicked. As I walked into the room, the first thing his daughter said to me was,
“Oh Danny, we are so grateful we did the book.”

Please, don’t wait until it’s too late…

And if you don’t know where to start, how to start, or you’re just too busy, that’s okay. It’s perfectly normal. That’s why I’m here to help you.

But it’s not just about the book.

Psychologists in Atlanta found that children – aged 4, 44 or 104 – are more resilient, happy and rebound faster from stress when they know their family stories. They know they’re part of something bigger than themselves that people in their family have kept going for generations.

And they feel a responsibility to perpetuate those values.

Children lap up stories of what their parents were like as children, however mundane and undramatic you may think they sound.

Why? Because children need to know who they are connected to, how they are connected, and what it means to be who they are.

Writing it down strengthens that connection and provides that clarity. 

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