"I’ve already stated that I scrap for me.  Well, that’s partially true.  I scrap for me out of my own selfish desires not to leave my descendants hanging.  I want to solve all the mysteries, answer all the questions, anticipate the needs that they will have once I have moved on to the next level of my journey.  It is that passion, that drive, that inherent need that compels me to sit at my computer day after day and immortalize my world (or at least my view of it) so that my children and grandchildren can know me."

This quote came from a scrap page by Cherrie Webb.  I saw it yesterday on a yahoo group called, Computer Scrapping and asked her permission to quote it.

It made me think…   What passions, what lessons learned, what life experiences are worthy of passing on as a legacy to my grandchildren, yet to be born?  If I want to leave a legacy, I have to LIVE a legacy.  How do I do that?  How then can I pass that legacy on to my generations?  This will take a lot more than a single post to process…

My dear friend, Kathy Cornford, who passed away in June after a 10 year battle with breast cancer lived a legacy.  Her character was so beautiful that she imprinted it upon the hearts of her children and grandchildren in a thousand different ways.  She loved deeply, selflessly, she fought her cancer hard, but with a great realism that prepared each family member to face what none hoped would ever come, but did. 

But Kathy did something else… she wrote.  She kept a daily bible study and prayer journal that she left behind her.  Her husband is treasuring reading it and is actually coming to know more about his wife of 40 years, than he did before.  Her love was evidenced more powerfully in the hidden places of her private life than even those who knew her best could have imagined.  She has left a piece of the depths of her soul to be treasured by generations yet to be born.

 

 

Live a legacy.. Leave a legacy… write your inmost thoughts about everyday affairs (don't worry if you're not a "great" writer) your family wants to know you — the real you!  For it's you that they treasure…  

Audrey Jeanne Roberts