This is a really great and important read and a wonderful way of describing why stories matter and why and how we can think about telling, sharing and preserving them. Thanks!
This advice jumped out at me: "family stories don’t just live in the memories of our closest relatives. They exist in the people who knew them—their friends, their co-workers, their fellow church members, their neighbors. If you want to learn more about your ancestors, reach out to those who once shared space with them. You never know who might hold a story that has never been told." I wish I'd thought of talking to my grandparents' surviving friends and neighbors when they were still with us. They would have had some interesting perspectives on my family and their world.
This is a really great and important read and a wonderful way of describing why stories matter and why and how we can think about telling, sharing and preserving them. Thanks!
This advice jumped out at me: "family stories don’t just live in the memories of our closest relatives. They exist in the people who knew them—their friends, their co-workers, their fellow church members, their neighbors. If you want to learn more about your ancestors, reach out to those who once shared space with them. You never know who might hold a story that has never been told." I wish I'd thought of talking to my grandparents' surviving friends and neighbors when they were still with us. They would have had some interesting perspectives on my family and their world.