When we think of living our lives, what has influenced you? When you recall people, places, experiences in life, what is it that you remember?
Getting to know someone involves knowing how they think, what they believe and getting beyond what we think they think! Learning about another involves asking questions, seeing pictures, reading what they’ve written and listening and sharing while they are here to tell us about themselves. When we experience a loss of someone close to us, our memory is what we have to hold.
Capturing history is an active pursuit, evidenced through popular genealogy/ancestry research. Family tree information comes from a variety of sources: census records; passenger lists; military records; marriage and death information; information that is contained in federal records and yes, through stories! The NARA website provides budding genealogists with information to help them get started. NARA
Family History Daily has put together a listing of free websites available today on their website: Family History Daily
Years back, I created a “birthday quiz” for my parents to pose questions that went beyond the “vital statistics”. These questions were of a personal nature, to learn more about their personal preferences, stories, hopes and dreams. Curiosity led me to this exercise, digging deeper has always been my nature! I learned things that surprised me and helped me to gain a deeper understanding of my parents as people.
In talking with family, friends, colleagues and clients over the years, I’ve come to realize after someone we care about is no longer here, we lose the ability to ask them questions about anything. This is humbling and often a source of sadness / regret.
If you wish to relay information to others, yet have difficulty speaking about it – record and/or write about it. Technology today provides us with so many options to obtain and leave behind information. We have the ability today to record voices; video people; store old pictures/movies, newspaper clippings, journals/diaries and keepsakes can be preserved and preservation is easier today than ever before!
If you wish to learn about the stories and/or ask questions, go for it! Memories are made and shared every day! If you are interested in seeing questions drafted to inspire ways to capture memories, let me know.
If you are curious about contingency planning at home and work and why this may benefit you, I invite you to contact The Living Planner. We proactively help you assess your situation in business and home and explore ways for you to protect what is important to you by asking questions. What is your risk? Your plan? Are you ready to be ready?
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