Dont Become a Silent Picture in the Family Photo Album

In our house, just like in many across this great country, with very little effort, we could find a pile, some boxes, an overstuffed drawer or bags of photographs. At my parents' house one can even find a collection of photo albums with names and dates under lovingly organized and attached pictures. "August 1978 - Fishing off Kelley's" will say the caption. Another may say "Aug. 78 - Grandma's 6 pounder" - and so go the pages and captions.
While these are great to have, the problem is that this is where they end also.
They don't tell the story BEHIND the picture.

They dont tell how we forgot the bait, or how "someone" (was it really my job?) forgot to put the plug in the boat and we almost sank!

Sure, we fished, and we did catch some bounty. The problem is that A Picture ONLY Tells a Thousand words - not stories.

I met with an elderly couple yesterday and they could not stop telling me story after story from their lives. Prior to our meeting, they had organized all of their pictures (from their storage boxes) into groups by topic, by event, by group.

They thanked me over and over again for helping to free them from their certain doom.

Give it a try. It will be one of the most rewarding things you do this year - I guarantee!