The lessons September brought back to mind: the quiet wisdom our grandparents carried that no algorithm can replicate, gathered into one place before the month slips away.
You don't have to write a memoir to leave something behind. A voice memo, a letter, a recorded conversation over Sunday dinner — any of it counts. Here's how to start small and still leave something real.
A Radio Man Bought a Radio Station — The Jesse Blayton Story
In 1949, Jesse B. Blayton Sr. became the first Black American to own a radio station in the United States. WERD in Atlanta didn't just broadcast — it became a lifeline for the Civil Rights Movement.
Without a will, the state decides what happens to everything you've spent a lifetime building. It doesn't have to be complicated or expensive — but it does have to exist.
October's collection of old-school wisdom: the sayings, habits, and hard-won knowledge that our grandparents lived by — and that still hold up when you sit with them long enough.
The conversation about what you want at the end of your life — where you want to live, what care you want, what you don't want — is uncomfortable for about ten minutes. Not having it is uncomfortable forever.
We raised our children to be strong by being strong in front of them. But letting them see us struggle — really struggle — might be the most honest thing we ever teach them.
