TIP OF THE MONTH
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009
Remembering the Past
It's been three months since you received a Tip of the Month from me. Without warning, my brother Greig was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in early August. Since that time my work responsibilities in Orlando, Florida, have been interspersed with this new focus, leaving little chance to communicate with you.
Following this shocking news for our family, I've made three trips to spend time with Greig in the hospital in Savannah, Georgia, and to help with his home, medical and legal affairs. Currently, after Greig’s two rounds of intense chemo and inevitable side effects, we have hope…though the future is still unpredictable.
During long hours spent together at the hospital, Greig and I have talked about many interesting topics! From childhood memories, to family and personal relationships, to many “what ifs.” We have laughed, cried and pondered life together. These times are priceless, though the opportunity arrived at great emotional cost to us.
Uncertain circumstances and unexpected changes produce a desire to remember how things used to be. Pictures bear proof, stories restore memories, and keepsakes rekindle sentiments. Remembering spurs us to be thankful for what we’ve experienced; to push past current pain, illness and sadness; and to build new and lasting memories.
With a desire to still offer help to you in spite of my circumstances, I want to present some of my previous Tips of the Month (shown below). Perhaps they will light a spark for how you might preserve and build family memories, protect family photos, and express to your family and friends what you feel in your heart…while there is still time.
As I said in an earlier Tip of the Month, “Hope is reborn out of looking beyond the tangible to the intangible."
Tip of the Month
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