Why your story means so much
And some insight into why Your Everlasting Words wants to help you create your own living legacy.
“I don’t have anything to say.”
“My life hasn’t been interesting enough to write about.”
“Who’s going to want to read about me?”
These are just some of the doubts many have when it comes to considering having their life story written as a Living Legacy.
And my answers to these questions are always:
“Yes, you do have lots to say, you just need help articulating your thoughts.”
“Not interesting? You swam the English Channel as a teenager.” (True story.)
“You know who’s going to want to read about you? Every single person who has ever met you, not just your friends and family. What better way to help preserve a family history then to have it written down to share?”
It’s surprisingly simple how, with the help of some carefully worded questions and encouraging interviews, I can coax those memories and stories from even the most reluctant.
My thought process was, if you don’t write your own story/Living Legacy or your own obituary, who will? I recently asked my adult son if he knew the name of the school where I studied journalism and his response was, “Ummmm, give me a minute…”
He’s my only child, so if anything happens to me in the future, there’s a good chance he’d be the one tasked with writing my obituary. So, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands and am working on my own, because if my son doesn’t know the name of the school where I learned the craft I love, what does he know about the rest of the family’s history?
That’s why I encourage potential clients to play a game with their family members and close friends I like to call, “Do they know?”
Do they know where you were born, where you went to school, what your greatest aspirations were, how hard you worked to achieve your goals? Even harder, can they answer those same questions about your parents?
These family histories are so vital to future generations who might one day ask, “Who am I?” “Where did my love for art come from?” “Who did I inherit this curly hair from?”
So, wouldn’t it be great that when they start asking those questions, they can find the answers they’re looking for thanks to some careful planning on your part?
Before that day arrives, Your EverLasting Words can help. Let me help you write those important stories so they’re not lost. Future generations will thank you — I promise.