Life changes us.
We do not disappear.
Preserve what matters.
Life changes us.
We do not disappear.
Preserve what matters.
You’ve been building an archive your whole life without calling it that.
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Recollections Within is a living archive of women’s stories and art, preserving who we are through life’s changes.
Centered on women’s lives and open to anyone who finds meaning in women’s stories.
You don’t need a finished story.
You don’t need to call yourself a writer or an artist.
Stories at the Moment of Change
They arrive at the moments when life shifts course.
They appeared at the moments when life shifts course.
Loss
Grief alters the shape of a life. A death, the end of a marriage, the disappearance of a version of ourselves we once recognized.
Transition
Migration, reinvention, motherhood, illness, aging. Life shifts direction and we are asked to become someone new before we fully understand who that person is.
Becoming
Sometimes the change is more subtle. A realization. A turning point. The moment someone begins to understand their life differently than before.
These are the stories that form the heart of The Quilt.