Create a tribute video to preserve your family's personal history

Maybe you’ve been meaning to get your parents to sit down in front of the video camera and have them tell their story. Perhaps you planned a trip to go see Grandma or your favorite aunt and video tape her story. The list of well-intentioned desires and plans goes on and on.

Unfortunately, you never made the trip, did you? Maybe something happened suddenly. You feel guilty but that doesn’t help matters now, does it?

Instead of getting depressed and beating yourself up for not doing something while your loved one was still here, why not create a video of interviews with family and friends? This would be a great tribute to someone who holds a special place in a lot of hearts.

A tribute video would be a great way for family and friends to relive the special moments with a special person. It might hurt, it might bring tears, but the tears would be mingled with laughter.

This may seem like an odd thing to suggest when family is gathering after the memorial, but there will probably never be another chance to grab a few seconds of footage of your cousins saying their goodbye to Grandma or Uncle Bill. It would be great to send them a copy later on.

Several of you might get out the old family albums and find some treasured photos that you haven’t seen in years that really bring back memories. Why not tell a story about the photo, and include the photo in the movie? Maybe there’s a really cool piece of artwork or furniture at your relative’s house that brings back a flood of memories.