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Welcome to the Live-On Project
There’s this boy who stole my heart. He calls me Mom.
-Unknown
What it means to Live-On
Live-On: To preserve your memories, advice, personality,
stories, and spirit for your children and their children and
their children’s children, and so forth resulting in your
family feeling better, more complete, fulfilled and thankful
for such an amazing ancestor.
T
he inspiration for the Live-On Project came a few
years after my son was born. Struck by the
awesomeness of having a newborn, I wrote short
notes to him, capturing written “snapshots” of any
precious moments. I honestly would have loved to have
received “real time” notes like these from my own
parents. I felt I was letting him in on something more;
something he was not getting from the (thousands) of
photos we were taking.
As my son grew, I wrote to him less, even though I felt
the need to write him more. I became wrapped up in
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