MCMXIV - Full Steam Ahead!

In 1914, Ford Motor Company announced the 8-hour workday. Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut with the Red Sox! The Panama Canal was inaugurated. George Reeves was born. FDR Jr. was born. And, my neighbor, a 97 year old woman, was born. She drives (and yes, she drives well!). She has two dogs, 6 cats, and a salt water fish tank. I nearly had a heart attack when I watched her climb a 4 step ladder to feed the fish! She takes care of herself, her pets, and still manages to put her 'two cents' into the company that her husband built before he passed. But, how does she do it?

That's what I'd like to know! She is the powerhouse of all powerhouse women. Her legacy is worth all the recording time in the world. So, how do we enable her story to be shared? I guess I need to talk to her children and grandchildren and tell them about Memens and what a wonderful documentary we can build for their family.

Do you know someone who deserves to be documented in video? I challenge you to tell someone about Memens this week. Tell them how their 97-year-old grandmother's legacy can be immortalized!

For more information about video documentaries, visit www.memens.com.

Out of the mouths of babes...

My grandparents have so much they can teach me. They grew up before technology transformed the modern world. They attended school when schools still used book and school buses were non-existent. They became adults, earning income for their family, at the age of 12. They can teach me a lot about life.

But, when a child is diagnosed with a rare form a brain cancer and she responds by saying, "I'm so glad this happened to me and not one of my friends. I am strong and I can handle this. Not everyone can," it's mind-blowing the silver lining lessons I can learn.

When a young man is told he may die before his 16th birthday and decides to start a foundation so that after he dies, research can still continue for others sharing his illness, I am humbled.

When children are more prepared to face Goliath than adults are, I want to hear what they have to say. I want my children to know the incredible people I knew before illness took them. I'd like the siblings, and future nieces and nephews of the boy with the fatal illness to know their brother and uncle years from now.

Memens isn't just for those who are at the end of a long and full life. It is also for those at the end of their young life, fighting and living everyday.

For more information on video documentaries, visit www.memens.com.

Mem

Getting to know you!

We so often think of capturing the memories of someone before they die, so our children can know the elders of our family. But what about us? How well do you know your mom? your dad? Over the past several weeks, I've talked with many of my friends about this. The thought occurred to us that it's great to preserve the memories of our grandparents for the sake of our future children, but what about the memories of our parents for our own sake? What is preventing us from making a video documentary of our parents now, to get to know them better, to learn about their childhood and upbringing, to remember them how we know them? Nothing!

So, who do you want to get to know? Who would you like to remember the way they are now?

For more information on starting your video documentary project, please visit www.memens.com.