After losing (and thankfully later recovering) my grandmother’s handwritten memoir about her life with my grandfather, I became obsessed with preserving family heirlooms and traditions so their stories would never be lost again.

Whether it’s recipes, scrapbooks, Christmas cards, voicemails, or family videos, I felt compelled to protect these treasures so they could live on, accessible anywhere, anytime. That’s what first led me to build a family archival website, a digital home to bring our most cherished memories up from the basement, down from the cloud, and into a format meant to last.

As my library of family recipes grew and I stepped into motherhood, that same desire to preserve deepened. I felt called to create an heirloom cookbook for my girls… one filled not only with delicious recipes, but also useful advice that could travel with them and guide them when I wasn’t around to do so. I wanted it to be something they could lean on as they left the nest, started families of their own, and carried traditions, both new and old, forward.

From that vision, Recipes for Success was born: a curated collection of delicious recipes and rules for delicious living. It’s a living legacy, part cookbook, part guidebook, part love letter, designed to nourish body, mind, and soul, for generations to come.

And by popular request, I’ve made it public through my newsletter, where I share one recipe and one “recipe for success” each week, so you can bring these ideas into your own life, and pass them on to those you love most.