Your story is needed at Legacy Library ™ .
My grandma didn’t want to share her story.
Well, she did and she didn’t. She doesn’t really know about or trust “the technology stuff”.
Oh sure, my cousins made her a facebook, and she knows how to get on there and see what her handful of friends and family members post on there. But she doesn’t dare upload a facebook profile picture. Or post her own updates on it, really.
And that’s ok. It’s her story. It’s her life.
But like most of us – whenever we finally get to talking about memories, we can really “Get into it”, and then it’s tough to stop! And we – her grandkids – can’t get enough of hearing about her life and where she came from, even if * she * thinks it’s boring.
It’s not!
When my grandma was approached with sharing a Legacy Library ™ autobiography about her life, she was kind of hesitant. She trusted those of us who put together the platform well enough. And she thought it’s kind of an interesting idea. But she still was a little apprehensive.
“I haven’t really done anything very noteworthy or interesting, compared to some other people”, she said.
Or
“Nobody would really care about what I’ve done in my life – it’s just been kinda regular”.
So she * said *..
I found out the lady was born in and around the Great Depression era in the United States; her family bouncing around from as many different places as New York, Arkansas; some of them to Louisiana, and then Texas!
And I get it. When you log-on to the https://legacylibrary.us website, make your ID, and arrive at that starting-point where you actually type-out your story, it can feel overwhelming. Or it can feel like, “What do I say? Who would really care..?”
I know in our family, my cousins and I love hearing about our grandma’s early life.
Every time we get together for a family function, a holiday; or those tough times when someone has a health scare and we all find ourselves sitting in a waiting room or a church or a hospital together – you can’t help but reminisce. The good times and the bad.
So one day, I said, “Grandma, I know you may not totally get what this Legacy Library ™ platform is, but how about I sit down with you, and we go over it together?”
She agreed.
And we logged-on to her profile that we helped her make, and we went to the “My Q&A” section. It made it enjoyable – for her and for me – because *it provides the questions for you*. It goes into the things that we don’t often stop and think about, related to our past. It helps you get the creative juices flowing.
And then after we answered the questions it had there ( and you don’t * have to * answer all of the questions if you don’t want to – the Legacy Library ™ platform “meets you where you’re at“). As soon as you’re done answering as many questions as you’d like, you then hit the “Save and Generate Autobiography” button at the bottom of the page – and you’re done!
Now you can share your story with the world. Or as much of the world as you want an don’t want! Some people prefer to use the “Share” buttons, onscreen, and “Share” it to their social media accounts, when they finish their Legacy Library ™ autobiography.
Some people choose to keep it “Private”, such that nobody else’s eyeballs see it. It just helped them to “Get it typed-out”. Almost like it was therapeutic, even if no one else saw it.
And most people are in-between. They like to e-mail it to a few friends or family, and they, what the heck – leave it set to “Public” on the Legacy Library ™ website, so it can be catalogued on the website for other people to be able to read.
That’s the point of the Legacy Library ™ website. Whether you want to take-in a nice, interesting, real-world story; share your own and “Add it to the pile” in case it may interest someone else – it’s however you want!
Your story is needed at Legacy Library ™ https://legacylibrary.us .