Monday, October 27, 2008

Knowing Your Heritage Is a Kids' Key To Success

What is the Best Way to Preserve your memories? For a long time it has been through photos, and although photos are great there is something better!

Meet Ruth!

Kids' Keys had the awesome opportunity to interview Ruth Solberg of Songs For Your Kids,
Books Of A Lifetime, and Stories Of A Lifetime.

Ruth is an expert in recording people's heritage. Even though many people minimize their "story", Ruth is passionate about helping us embrace the value of our lives.

Ruth Solberg has many life lessons that has sculpted her enthusiasm for life and documenting it so the generations to come know where they came from and who you were.

At first, thinking about documenting and recording your life's can seem overwhelming and even arrogant; Like, "Who am I to write a biography?

But that isn't the case at all and couldn't be furthest from the truth.

Have you ever wanted to know more about your Great Aunt Mildred? Hear your mother's contagious laugh again? Document the spacial look, smile, and enthusiasm of your terminally ill child? Would you want your children to have the chance to see, hear, and come to know your dad, in his own voice even though he died 2 months before his first grandchild was born?

I know I would love to have a recording for my children about their Grandma Elaine who passed too early in her life for them to have had the blessing of knowing her quirky and fun personality.

But that opportunity is lost. I know I can tell stories about Grammy Elaine to my children but it wouldn't be the same as them seeing her, hearing her stories and her voice.

Ruth has found a way to solve this problem and she had made it fun and easy!

I have already asked my mom to do this for our Christmas gift to all of us. Initially, she balked at the idea, but admits and recognizes the value of it.

How could you not, especially if you have ever lost a loved one? The special people in our lives mean so much to us, more than we can ever write in words. When you want to share even a piece of a loved one who died with the others in your life you love, wouldn't it be great to have an actual recording of him/her in their own voice?

What an amazing gift that would be!

If you are interested in learning more about Ruth and her businesses listen to our interview.

You will be so glad you did!

Ruth Solberg
Independent consultant for
Heritage Makers
call: 715.579.5596
email: solpro2000@yahoo.com

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting interview. Thanks for sharing the information.

momof2 said...

That is great! I used to have a recording of my grandmother. I wonder if I could find it?

Creative Junkie said...

Well, you know this is right up my alley!

I need to get off my butt and actually DO IT.