Our family keeps talking about writing down Grandma's stories before we lose them, but every time we try, we end up arguing about which version is 'real' because she told different stories to different people and some of them contradict each other in ways that matter.
More people experience this than they realize.
The impulse to preserve family wisdom collides with the uncomfortable truth that memory and meaning are not fixed things.
“Where Are You with The examined life as legacy?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.