A few years ago, my sisters and I had the privilege to care for my Mom during her final days. We were blessed to have her with us for just shy of 90 years. But all to soon, it was time for her to join Daddy in Heaven. During my downtime, I set out to digitize our old family photos from Mom’s large trunk. What began as a project to digitize old family photos for my siblings, slowly grew into a short video of Mom’s life.
Deep in the trunk, I discovered a CD disc with a 45-minute audio recording. The year before, Mom and my sister had a fun afternoon when the NPR Story Corps mobile unit came to Lafayette. My sister asked questions and Mom talked about her amazing life. I paired sections of her recording with old photos I scanned from the trunk. Mom was telling her own life story for generations to come.
The video came together and was ready as we gathered for her final farewell.
Virginia Domingue DeVilbiss Tracy did, indeed, have an Amazing Life.