Some rewards reveal themselves only in retrospect. Carol Knox set out to write her memoir with a single, modest hope and emerged with something far richer than she had imagined, including an insight about family that stopped her in her tracks.
In her testimonial, Carol reflected on what the LifeBook process unlocked and on the reaction to her book that meant more than all the others. Here’s what she had to say:
Writing this book brought rewards I had never expected – my only ambition had been a little piece of immortality. What I hadn’t anticipated was the reaction of friends and relatives. “I couldn’t put the book down,” wrote one. “This is a work of art,” said another. “Before I read it, I thought it would be humdrum, but once I started, I thought ‘wow’!” wrote a third.
Each of these responses moved me deeply, but nothing did so more so than my son’s reaction. Characteristically understating his feelings, he said, “It was good. I took it to work to share with my colleagues”. That meant everything to me. We spend our lives needing our parents to be proud of us; I hadn’t realised until then that parents need their children to be proud of them too.
Before signing up with LifeBook Memoirs, I asked my son whether it would be worth the investment.
“You’re an English teacher,” he said. “You can do it yourself.”
I agreed, and a year later I still hadn’t written a word. What I needed was the push and motivation that LifeBook Memoirs provided… and I’m so glad I found it.
Carol completed her LifeBook, And Then There Was Laughter, in 2025.
