Stages of Alzheimers
While knowing the stages of Alzheimers expect won’t change the feelings you experience when a loved one is afflicted, it can still help to be prepared.
Seniors
What is a Legacy Video?
What is a Legacy Video? A Legacy Video is a Video Memoir, capturing the life stories, family history and memories of an individual, couple or multiple family members – in their own words – for younger generations to know.
A Day With Your Grandchild: Activities
Whether you see yourGrandchild every week or only a few times a year, a day together offers a wonderful opportunity to develop a special bond while recounting life stories, family history and life lessons.
Here you will find listed several activities that will help make your day together special.
Games our Grandparents Played: Childhood in the 1930s
Did you know that most households didn’t have a television until the 1950s? Or that cell phones and personal computers were ideas found only in science fiction in the 1930’s? What then did our grandparents and great grandparents do for fun as children?
What is a Family Documentary Video?
Family Documentary Videos are memoirs on video focusing on family stories and history. Memories of people, places, and things are documented on video or film, often combining interviews with photographs, letters, maps, and other memorabilia. The final product is preserved as a digital video document, or DVD. Learn more.
Remembering My Great Grandmother
I recently came across a photo of my great grandmother as I was cleaning out an old box. She was standing next to a flower bush wearing a white polka dot dress. I vaguely remember her…her voice, her laughter, her smile, her personality. I must have been about 10 when she passed away. Looking at …
5 Great Gifts for Grandma
Are you looking for a few great gifts for Grandma? For a 75th Birthday? Mother’s Day? Christmas or other occasion? Below are 5 Great Gifts for Grandma that go beyond the silk scarf, flowers or book. They are gifts with a personal touch, given with love and certain to move her deeply.
Your Autobiography: Capturing Your Life Story
Your life story is too important to leave to memory. Whether capturing it for your family or for a wider audience, an autobiography offers one way to preserve it. In this post you will find tips and resources on How To Write An Autobiography or Memoir.
Grandparents and Grandchildren: Building Relationships
Traditionally, large families lived together in a single family home, with three and sometimes even four different generations living under one roof.
This gradually changed, often having a negative impact on the strength of the relationships forged between grandparents and grandchildren.
The History of Grandparents Day
Grandparents Day, celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day, was not started by Hallmark as many of us might believe. It was through the efforts of one very dedicated woman, Marian McQuade, that ex-President Jimmy Carter proclaimed it a national holiday on August 3, 1978. Learn more…