A familiar song can make a quiet moment feel shared. A few notes may prompt a smile, a gentle hum, a tap of the foot, or a memory that is difficult to put into words. For a person living with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, music can sometimes offer a comfortable way...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation The holidays bring family together, and sometimes bring out the old photo albums and stories that everyone remembers differently. If your family has 8mm or Super 8 reels tucked away, those home movies can add a moving...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation A baby book is more than a collection of photographs. Its pages may hold milestone pictures, handwritten notes, dates, cards, and small keepsakes that together tell the story of a child’s earliest days. The details are...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation Somewhere in a closet or family keepsake box, there may be a cassette from a wedding decades ago. It might have a handwritten label, a date, or simply the word “Wedding.” It may have been recorded by a relative who wanted to...
Categories: Tips & Tricks, Preservation When a loved one passes away, family members often discover more than furniture and paperwork. Tucked into closets, cabinets, and storage boxes may be a lifetime of memories: photo albums, loose prints, slides, VHS tapes,...
