Sunday, August 06, 2006

What Will They Remember?

I had an NPR "driveway moment" this afternoon. I can't find the link, but it was the last segment in "This Amercan Life" on Michigan Public Radio (the program entitled "Image Makers"). It was a truly touching account by a mother about the fading memories she and her young son have of the husband/father who died, and the problem of "keeping Dad alive" when all they have left are a few personal things (rings, watches, cufflinks, change in a jar, etc.) he kept close. It made me wonder: what will mine remember of me?