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At the age of nineteen, journalist and author Jessi Hempel came out. Tale as old as time, right? But far less traveled territory is what proceeded to happen over the next several years: four out of five members of Jessi's immediate family - including her father - *ALSO* came out! Two decades later, in the midst of lockdown-induced isolation, Jessi, her parents, and her two younger siblings somewhat unexpectedly began turning to each other for support, despite their tumultuous family history. Equally unexpectedly, Jessi found herself wanting to revisit the deeply-vulnerable five-year period during which every single one of them (including Jessi's mother, in a different way) came out of the closets they had been trapped in. The end result is the newly-released, Glennon Doyle-endorsed memoir "The Family Outing," and we were absolutely thrilled to get to talk to Jessi all about it! Plus, we get into identity politics, and the *particular* way we all judge our parents' relationships...

Look for "The Family Outing" wherever books are sold! You can also connect with Jessi on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessihempel/, and check out her award-winning podcast, Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel.

In today's episode I chat about why we should be VISIBLE in family photos, even if you hate having a photograph taken, it's important to your children to be in the photos and exist in their story.

As the memories fade from our heads, it’s helpful to have photographs handy to witness the evolution of your family, and how everybody changes and grows through the years.

Thinking about your baby's first photos, and wondering what your baby's picture personality is? Take this quick quiz to find out: https://suekennedy.co.uk/quiz-baby/

More info about me, a professional photographer based in Harlow, Essex since 2004 & specialising in baby & family photography: https://suekennedy.co.uk/

Past episodes: https://suekennedy.co.uk/podcast/

You may be surprised to learn that my initial training as a landscape photographer actually was transferable to portrait photography, and in this episode, I share 5 ideas on how you can create storytelling family memories with your own photographs.

About your host: Sue Kennedy

I've been photographing, bumps, babies & families here in Harlow, Essex since 2004.

If you are local to me and want to book your own portrait experience, then read on!

I know you don't want to spend forever sorting through all the different packages and options out there.

You just want to find someone who's experienced and will be able to deliver great photos that look and feel like your family without a lot of fuss & fluff.

I specialise in babies of all ages, so there's no pressure from me to come in when your baby is brand new. Babies are cute for a long time, and once their little characters emerge it's a great time to start capturing memories.

I have built my whole business around making this whole process extremely easy for you and creating beautiful photographs I know you’ll love. To find out more visit: suekennedy.co.uk

Photographs in a shoebox trailer

Sue Kennedy your host, is a baby & family photographer capturing those early memories for parents with 18 plus years of experience.

She is really passionate about helping, and inspiring you to tell your family’s story in photographs. 

Especially the everyday memories, by encouraging you to print the ones you love, and basically do more with your memories than stuff them in a shoebox!

Join Sue as She explores different ways of preserving memories, and why that’s good for your child’s self-esteem.

It’s important that the story behind the photograph is told, and shared.

Plus we’ll occasionally hear the story behind a guest’s treasured photograph

Sue is approaching this as a daughter who inherited various boxes of photographs, mostly without any notes on them, and as a mother who decided to capture the everyday family moments as much as the big moments with the camera, Sue always has with her (her phone), and print the best. 

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Telling Your Family's Story and Creating Family History Videos Don’t just gather genealogical information. Take the time to tell your ancestors’ stories! Video is the perfect medium for sharing your family’s history. It captures the interest of the eyes and the ears. In this episode my special guest is Kathy Nielsen. She’s a librarian from California who recently started creating videos. She’s going to walk you through the simple yet effective process she followed. Then I will share additional things to consider and strategies that you can use. If you’re not interested in creating a video, that’s OK. Today’s episode will make you a better storyteller and will provide you with inspiring story examples by other genealogists. Watch the companion video and read the full show notes . After listening to this episode, watch Elevenses with Lisa How to Make a Video with Adobe Spark  to learn how to make videos quickly and easily for free. Genealogy Gems Premium Members can download the handy PDF show notes for each of these Elevenses with Lisa episodes. Simply log into your membership, and then in the menu under “Video” click “.” Click the episode and scroll down to the Resources section of the show notes. Become a Genealogy Gems Premium eLearning Member Premium Members have exclusive access to: Video classes and downloadable handouts The Genealogy Gems Premium Podcast Elevenses with Lisa downloadable show notes PDF Become a member .   Getting Your Family History Digitized I use Larsen Digital and have been extremely pleased with the service and results. The folks at Larsen Digital have put together special and exclusive discounts for Genealogy Gems listeners and readers.   Genealogy Gems Podcast App Don't miss the Bonus audio for this episode. In the app, tap the gift box icon just under the media player.  .    Stay Up to Date with the Genealogy Gems Newsletter The Genealogy Gems email newsletter is the best way to stay informed about what’s available with your Premium eLearning Membership. Click below to sign up today.   Get Unlimited Photo Enhancement and Colorization at MyHeritage Get genealogy records and unlimited Enhanced and Colorized photos as a MyHeritage PremiumPlus or Complete Plan Subscriber. .   Follow Lisa and Genealogy Gems on Social Media:

Sermon Title: "Hope is still there..."

Biblical Text: John 20:1-18

Preacher: Pastor Cassandra Granados

The sermon from April 20, 2014 at 10:30am at Lakeville United Church of Christ in Lakeville, NY.

Check us out on Web: http://www.lakevilleucc.com/