In Memory of Patricia Jean Breslow
It is hard to believe that it has almost been two years since Mom passed away. October 20th will be just another day for mostly anybody else on the planet. For me though, this day is a reminder that life is short, life is precious and life shouldn’t be taken for granted even for a small moment. Being a Mom myself makes this fact more poignant.
Death causes us to stop and take inventory of our lives.
When my Mom died, I felt a need to save everything I could about her life so that I could pass it on to my children. I sat down one night and scrawled for hours, writing every detail that came to mind about my mother. I couldn’t bear the thought of all of her stories, her jokes and her favorite recipes disappearing much like she just had. I look back though and wish that I had called upon her friends and family to have done the same. My memories are just that, my memories. But Mom touched so many lives and there were so many more stories to tell. Life goes on and people move on. It’s difficult to go on to the next chapter but once you do sometimes it’s even harder to look back. It’s too late for my Mom, but not for other families and friends who have lost a loved one.
That is why I so fiercely believe in Valley of Life.
It isn’t just for photos and videos. It’s a place for friends and family to save their stories and their memories of a precious life lived. Each life has a story and each story shouldn’t be silenced by death. We need to cherish and preserve these important details for future generations. They are in fact the foundation that our lives are built upon.
My Mom was an amazing woman. I hope that wherever she is that she is safe, happy and cracking jokes with her own mother and grandmother. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish she would put on a pot of coffee and whip up a batch of her chocolate chip cookies. I’d even take a lecture about my hair at this point. But I am starting to really realize that my job is to pass on those memories. I need to get up, I need to make the coffee and I need to make the cookies now. I bet that one day I even lecture my kids about their hair. And when I do, I bet that wherever she is Mom will be so proud that her legacy lived on.
~Miri Rossitto, Founder of Valley of Life
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