Friday, June 19, 2009

"Nobody knows her this way" she said.


So, I'm helping a new friend, whose mother is in a lovely nursing retirement facility, pull together some photos. We plan to put them into a "PhotoStory" to show and celebrate her mother's upcoming birthday. As you would expect, my friend begins to reminisce about holidays, family gatherings and other memorable occasions. I love hearing these stories, they remind me of our basic human connection. But as she picked up I stunning photo of her mother as a young woman, she made a comment that has haunted me since. "No one here knows her this way".
I'd like to change that. We are planning to share this "PhotoStory" with the staff and volunteers at the facility to enable them to more fully appreciate and help the person her mother was and still is.
Capturing the story of a loved ones history and life can serve so many purposes. I'd love to help you.
Barbara H. Vaughan
Member, Association of Personal Historians