Today’s society is connected constantly on their phone and on their social media. Every year and every day seems to pass at a faster and faster pace. Life is rush, rush, hurry, hurry, and go, go, go.
We suggest that you try something new….. or rather try something old. Reach back to the past and reminisce with your parents and share the past with the next generation.
You’ve taken thousands of photos and untold hours of video. Time has come to update it all and make it much easier to view and share. Videos and films can be transferred to DVDs and digital files. Scrapbooks, photos and slides can be scanned and/or reprinted in books for everyone.
How about instead of sitting in front of the TV watching the latest mindless programming, pop in a DVD or plug in an external drive and watch the old movie films and video tapes of your own family.
Reminisce with your parents
You’ll be amazed at the memories that will come back.
Relish in seeing all the relatives of your past. Seeing and hearing grandma, in her old home. In the background you’ll see the wallpaper, the chairs, the lamps. Enjoy the clothes, glasses and cars that were all the rage in days gone by. Think of all the things you will learn that you didn’t know before or had forgotten.
Take the time to sit down with your parents and watch DVDs and scroll through photos of the past with your parents. You know that lots and lots of stories remain in your parent’s heads that they haven’t shared with you. Looking through those old memories will churn up even more stories of things you hadn’t heard before. Don’t wait until it’s too late and they are no longer with you. At my own mother’s funeral service I heard my uncle tell about their little herd of ponies that they had and used to fund their college education. I’d never heard of this before. I challenge you to take steps to update that old media and sit down with your parents and reminisce. Don’t forget to record the conversation!
Relive that “trip of a lifetime”. Revisit the days when your kids were young and cute. Remember when you were young and in love or young and foolish.
Connect with your children
By creating DVDs or digital files of the old home movies and family video tapes you will open up a whole past that is unknown to your children. Sometimes your children won’t show interest until they have children of their own. But when they do they will want to see themselves, their parents and their grandparents when they were their age.
Share your treasure
The other benefit of digging into that old media and modernizing it through digitization is that it is much easier and cheaper to share it with others. Once you make it digital you can make copies either inexpensively or sometimes for free. Share your treasure with your aunts, uncles, cousins and even distant cousins who share the same great grandparents.
Are you ready to share & reminisce about the good ‘ol days?
Leave A Legacy, Inc. is your own local memory preserving headquarters. We have the creative acumen, know-how and fancy equipment to get it done for you.