What is YOUR Wish?
*“What will our great great-grandchildren
wish we would have
done?”
The best way to answer that question is to ask ourselves:
*“What do we wish our great-great grandparents
would
have done?”
The what, how, why and when:
- What should I plan to leave my children and grandchildren?
- How is the best way to leave them something?
- Why should I leave them something?
- When should I leave it?
These questions can best be answered by looking at our
great-great grandparents and what we have wanted and wished from them!
- What should I plan to leave my children and grandchildren? Here is my answer to Margaret & Hugh: Something, anything! I wish you would have left a journal, a collection of short essays, or a short family history about your ancestors and what you knew about them. Pictures of yourself and group family photograph--with everyone in the photograph labeled of course!
- How is the best way to leave them something? Here is my answer to Margaret & Hugh: Lots of copies. Leave everyone a copy, because the more copies of an item the better chance it has of survival.
- Why should I leave them something? Here is my answer to Margaret & Hugh: Because I want to know who you were and what you liked. I want to learn about you and your life. I want to know more about you than just stale dates and places. You lived, your life matters to me, and I could have learned from you.
- When should I leave it? Here is my answer to Margaret & Hugh: NOW, before it is too late!
*(Source:
Dennis Brimhall Keynote, RootsTech 2013, Thursday, 21 March 2013)
This might be a good challenge to submit for myself and my immediate family members. My mom has been doing a good job of keeping us accountable on submitting to a monthly family journal that she prints out at the end of every year for safe-keeping.
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