Topics: Seniors

WTF

The best Christmas gift I ever got was a box full of leaves.  My grandma liked to save things, all kinds of things.  Maybe, as a child of the depression, she was always trying to create the feeling of abundance.  Or maybe it was to remember something...

He was a long term cancer survivor.  He taught me many things, especially to truly live throughout your whole life- the many chapters...  

Story of a conversation with my father when he was dying.

A digital story about the time I shared with my father after my mother died. Watching old photographs, reading letters from the time when they were fiancees - talking, remembering...

A digital story about my fathers childhood and youth in Germany between 1925 and 1947. He is reading fragments from old letters.

Music: Heaven by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. The german military march Lily Marlen by Marlene Dietrich.

This is the story of a "dynamic duo" from Tucson.

This is a story of how Willie Blake grew up on a small farm with family responsibilities and made a good life for himself and his community.

Essence created this story as a tribute to her grandmother, who stood by her and supported her throughout the rough times.

This story talks about a woman who was born and raised in Honduras and at an early age dedicated herself to working hard and getting an education. She worked for 35 years with children who had mental disabilities. After her retirement she became depressed and lonely and decided to move to the States where she settled in Springfield, MA with her daughter. She had a hard time meeting people because she spoke no English. She decided to find a community with more Hispanics and came across a church where they spoke Spanish.