Gerontologists say that reviewing your life is a normal developmental step of middle adulthood. Joyce describes it as when you “make the transition from the younger person you used to be to the older person you’re becoming. When you become the storyteller, the keeper of the wisdom, of the family memories.”
“She is telling her mom’s story but she is also telling her story,” Sasser says. “Creativity helps us cope and understand the world.”
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2011/01/the_process_of_caring_for_a_mo.html
Click on this link above and read this article watch the video! This quote gave me some great ideas, I love this it is so inspiring and creative! What a brilliant idea documenting the surroundings of loved ones in a difficult time, preserved on film to remember at a later date when things have calmed down and one has opportunity to reflect and treasure the scene.
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