Develop a Business of Remembering Those Who Will Be Forgotten
In my family writing workshops (an offshoot of one of my small businesses), I often mention the importance of writing about the people in our lives who will be forgotten if we don’t do something about it.
I consider my aunt, who was divorced and had no children, my uncle who was a bachelor, my brother who died young, and two other aunts and uncles who had no children.
Who in our family will remember them if I don’t write their stories, collect their memorabilia, and pass this along to my family?
I thought of this again when I read the following in The …read more