Leaving Something Behind

It could be like light shinning through the trees, a little hitting here and a little there. Or it could be like seeing a movie through another persons eyes. It could be a lot of things but what I think is will be a legacy - a part of myself left behind. So, to what am I referring? I am attempting to write a book, albeit a short one but still a booklet about mine and my husband's family. Since I know more about my family it will entail mostly about those in my mother's and father's family. I am including what I know about Dave's family and their lives.

I want my children, grandchildren and their children on down the line to be able to say, "Wow, I am so glad my grandmother, great-grandmother, etc. wrote this down about herself and her side of the family." How I wish my mother or grandmothers had written down or told me things about themselves, their memories of growing up, things their relatives shared with them, etc. My mother, her mother, her father, my dad and his mother has told me some things and that's what I want to include in this undertaking. Hopefully, it'll make sense and be of value to the future generations in this family.

I encourage anyone to do the same thing in some form or another....journals, scrapbooks, videos, post-it notes, or whatever. Consider it an inheritance you're leaving to those you love......along with all the other valuables you'll be leaving......riiiiight.