This weekend I was on a girls weekend and saw a friend I don’t get to see very often. For the last year or so she has been overwhelmed caring for aging parents; dealing with their housing challenges; mourning the loss of a parent; and moving another parent into assisted living.
One of the first things my friend lamented was the complete overwhelm of trying to sift through family memories - namely, old photos and videos. You want to be able to sort through them and share them and learn who’s ancient looking aunt is related to whom but there’s no time for that when you’re in crisis mode.
“Take time now,” she said, “when you have the time, to go through the photos and upload them. Make notes on who’s who while you can.” It can change on a dime and that window shuts.
Listen to how this motivated me and maybe it will motivate you to get started on this journey. Please follow and share your successes, challenges, do’s, and don’ts for digitizing your family’s photo archive. I am at the beginning of this journey and I need all the help I can get.
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I want to acknowledge that I listened to the “10 Things to Tell You” podcast and she hosted Miss Freddy, a photo archivist extraordinaire based in Colorado who shared some amazing tips on how to start the journey of digitizing your photos and videos. I am so grateful for their indirect encouragement and expertise that helped empower me to start this process.
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