From Edie: Honor the “living libraries” in your life by listening well and preserving their stories. Discover how recording family history captures wisdom, faith, and legacy—before precious memories are lost.
Dipping the Quill Deeper: Honoring Elders by Preserving Their Stories and Legacy
by Eva Marie Everson @EversonAuthor
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders (1 Peter 5:5).
I received a call from my 95-year-old uncle, the oldest and only surviving brother of my mother. He had questions about my immediate family. Dates of marriages. Dates of births. Dates of deaths. “And how do you spell . . .”
“Uncle Jerry,” I shouted into the phone so my nearly deaf uncle could hear. “What in the world are you doing?”
“I’m working on the history of our family,” he told me.
