Categories: Family Heritage, Family History, Family Legacy

Tags: family legacy, family legacy movies, healthy aging

July 22, 2013

Ethical Wills and Life Legacy

I just came across a website that talks about “legacy wills” and what the process offers for our lives.  I am struck that the similarity of the needs they meet are also found in the process one goes through in creating a family legacy video. In Dr. Andrew Weil’s book “Healthy Aging, A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being,”... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage, Family Legacy, Movies

Tags: family history, family legacy movies

July 19, 2013

Planting Seeds

I’ve been pondering the results of my day at the Senior Resource Fair earlier this week. It seems the majority of my activity during the day was planting seeds–talking to people who visited my table about family legacy movies and how important they are to help families preserve and remember special family memories as well as family history. ... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage, Family Legacy

March 17, 2013

Last Wishes Video

In general, people don’t want to talk about death and dying. But it is part of life and will happen to all of us eventually. One way of making sure your final wishes are known is to leave a “Last Wishes Video” for your family. The following videos are the first and second parts of three parts of the video that Eric made for his wife. They are... Read more ›
Categories: Family Heritage, Family Legacy, Movies

December 3, 2012

Sample Family Legacy Movie

This family legacy movie was created in stages. We first converted an old VHS tape to DVD. Next we recorded Meredith talking to her family explaining what was in the movie, describing some of the history of San Jose and pointing out family members in their younger years. Then we put it all together! As you can tell from the movie Meredith is tal... Read more ›

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