Jun 22 2008

Capture the Past for the Future…

Published by Pat Mullaly at 4:47 pm under Relationships

I have an aunt who has lived a very long and wonderful life. She is 91 years young. Unfortunately, she recently suffered what they believe is a combination stroke and heart attack and is now in hospice care. They don’t believe she will be with us much longer.

She is one of a passing generation… those who were born during the depression of the 1930’s and World War II. She was married to an army career officer and traveled all over the world during the 50’s and 60’s. Such adventures. A few years ago we (the younger generation) were smart enough to record her thoughts on her early years: the history of the family that she knew, what kind of world she lived in. We drove her crazy asking so many questions. Her answers are invaluable to us now.

If you are in the fortunate position to still have members of your family who lived a generation back, try to capture their past, either in video or audio recordings. It’s worth the time for once they have passed, those memories will be gone forever.

Just a thought.

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