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How Our Words Honor Our Lives
We are living in a time in history when inflammatory language soars to the forefront of every waking hour, and honoring others with our words is becoming a lost art. Algorithms and humans are behind it all, but regardless of how or why this is happening, it causes me to continually reflect on the deeply…
Read More February 17, 2026
How Did Jamaica, New York Get Its Name?
My current client was born in Jamaica, New York, in the 1930s, when 138 languages were spoken there, according to the comptroller. Since I knew that the Irish and Dutch had settled much of New York, including Long Island, I went searching for how Jamaica, New York got its name. One thing I knew ahead…
Read More April 26, 2017
“Look to Yourself” – Jack Wilson, ABEC founder
In 1974, Jack Wilson started a company on a wing and a prayer. In order to breathe life into it, he served as president, salesman, designer, machinist, and financier. For years, he refused to draw a salary. When times got tough, he looked to himself for answers. He had learned early in life that…
Read More February 24, 2017
The Best Commemorative Sympathy Gift
We have written a number of personal biographies to commemorate the lives of deceased loved ones. Sheridan Hill works frequently and extensively with families who are experiencing the health decline or death of a matriarch or patriarch. We are work effectively with people who are in failing health, and in deep grief. The most important step is to conduct…
Read More December 14, 2015
First-born Asian son bears great responsibility
Some of my clients are the first-born sons of Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, or Japanese parents, and these men hire me to honor their parents with an heirloom biography. Non-Asian people can hardly imagine the weight placed upon the shoulders of the first son of Asian descent. In a tradition passed through many generations before him,…
Read More September 1, 2014