Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I also can relate to this subject having had a similar family loss as Roy. I suggest you get a tape recorder (small, convenient) and whenever you have a particularly interesting memory "jot it down" in stream of consciousness manner on the tape recorder. Dedicate the recorder to this "Phong's Personal History" project and label the tapes chronologically. Even if you never write your story, the tapes will be a wonderful resource for your descendents and will give them the benefit of your voice and inflections and a sense of the emotional context as well as the historical data. best regards Jack Jack McLain Tucson, AZ http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jmclainaz=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jmclainaz=comcast.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Roy Zartarian Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 7:01 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo of a LUGer, from the past Phong Your comment touched a nerve. Having recently lost the last family link to the old country who despite the pleas of her children to write down in any form her reminiscences never did so, I feel a double loss - not only the person but also the knowledge she carried with her. So let me add my voice to the others encouraging you. Get your story in tangible form while you still can. Your children may not have questions now. But they will. Roy On May 4, 2004, at 9:13 PM, Phong wrote: > Old photos of my family (very rare, what with all the wars > going on) was what got me interested in photography. > Last week I found out a dear old friend from that time, > who never left Vietnam just died. I was very close to her. > Now all I have left from her is some letters written a long time > ago, and an old photo. A friend asked me recently what and > how I tell my children of that time, of my own childhood. > I have been thinking about that. Perhaps I will write a novel. > > - Phong _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information