Family Legacy Video

01/01/2025

To look back at the trajectory of that broken teacup, butter dish and soup tureen is to look at the evolution of not just the way we eat, but the way we live. The way families acquired fancy dishes and the way in which they are now shedding them act as a cultural X-ray, revealing the hidden anatomy of how families bonded, how communities formed, the things we valued and the values we choose to impart.

A family’s set of dishes has passed through five generations of women, but will the teacups, plates and bowls make it to a sixth?

12/09/2024

For the 13th year in a row, Family Legacy Video, Inc. was selected to create the lion's share of the videos shown during the American Mining Hall of Fame banquet, sponsored by the the Mining and Minerals Education Foundation. I'm grateful to MMEF Executive Director Tom Aldrich (on the right side of the sign) and the Hall of Fame Committee for once again giving me the opportunity to tell the stories of the various mining luminaries honored during the December 7 event.

12/07/2024

Talk about a legacy! Check out this video with Dick van D**e when you have a moment:

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11/19/2024

As 2024 comes to a close, consider a gift that will inform, inspire, enlighten, & entertain your family for generations:
The gift of your life stories, in a high-end, custom-crafted, personal legacy video - from Family Legacy Video, Inc.
We'll be honored to help you preserve, celebrate, & share your life stories & values with those you love.
We're booking now for 2025. Secure your spot today! https://www.familylegacyvideo.com/

11/18/2024

Thanks to Lauren Blair for liking Family Legacy Video!

Preserve, celebrate & share your life stories, family history, & values with a personal legacy video by Family Legacy Video.

10/09/2024

In the past week I've sent notes of condolences to the relatives of two family storytellers who recently left this mortal coil. I'm always saddened when a storyteller passes, but thankful that they entrusted Family Legacy Video® to help them preserve, celebrate, and share their life stories and values in a personal legacy video. They may have passed, but their stories will live on to inform and inspire their families now and for generations to come. When a loved one passes, it's always very sad. But, if they pass without preserving their life stories, that's tragic.

Preserve, celebrate & share your life stories, family history, & values with a personal legacy video by Family Legacy Video.

09/27/2024

Family Legacy Video® began publishing an e-newsletter back in 2004. Now, after twenty years, the Autumn issue is the last. The featured article: Crafting "short story" legacy videos. Thanks to all of you who subscribed, read, and commented on the newsletters over the past years. And don't worry, you'll still be able to find past issues going back to 2016 on Family Legacy Video's website. https://www.familylegacyvideo.com/newsletter/family-legacy-video-e-newsletter-autumn-2024/

08/22/2024

The Family Legacy Video crew recently traveled to Superior, Arizona, to interview Mayor Mila Besich for the Mining and Minerals Education Foundation. We wound up shooting in the old high school building, which offered a great view of the historic mining town. In addition to helping individuals and families preserve, celebrate, and share their life stories and values, we've been honored to help businesses and foundations like the MMEF tell their stories as well. Feel free to give us a shout to see how we can help you. https://www.familylegacyvideo.com/

08/05/2024

Family Legacy Video Marks 21 Years

I brought Family Legacy Video, Inc. into being on August 4, 2003.

During the twenty-one years since, a multitude of clients has entrusted me to help them preserve, celebrate, and share their life stories and values through custom legacy videos (also known as legacy films).

I feel this is sacred work, and I am truly grateful to all of the clients and storytellers who have made it possible for me both to serve them and to pursue my passion and my calling.

Preserve, celebrate & share your life stories, family history, & values with a personal legacy video by Family Legacy Video.

07/17/2024

My wife and I recently returned from visiting family on the east coast.

The third day of our trip turned into a family reunion, as four generations gathered at my mother's home to celebrate my youngest brother's birthday.

The house was filled to bursting with my mother (who is now a great-grandmother), nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers, sisters, uncles, and aunts - all enjoying each other's company, and relishing this all too rare opportunity to gather in one place at the same time.

At one point, I stepped back and observed the happy scene. As I did, a feeling of calm, combined with deep satisfaction and gratitude, filled my heart.

During these fraught times, as I've experienced anxiety about the state of our politics and public discourse, seeing my family move into the future with love and mutual support brought me much needed hope and joy.

I wish the same hope and joy for you and yours.

And - if you'd like to use an upcoming family gathering to preserve, celebrate, and share your family and business stories, Family Legacy Video is here to help.

06/25/2024

Thanks to Allen Bronstein for liking Family Legacy Video!

Preserve, celebrate & share your life stories, family history, & values with a personal legacy video by Family Legacy Video.

06/20/2024

What's the difference between a legacy video and a legacy film? The Summer 2024 issue of the Family Legacy Video® E-Newsletter has the answer!

What's the difference between a legacy video and a legacy film? The Summer 2024 issue of the Family Legacy Video E-Newsletter has the answer!

06/06/2024

A heartwarming meditation on aging from Charles M. Blow:
"I have no intention of raging against my aging. I intend to embrace it, to embrace the muscle aches and the crow’s feet as the price of growing in wisdom and grace; to understand that age is not my body forsaking me but my life rewarding me."

I remind myself to relish every summer day.

05/23/2024

Family stories and values are integral ingredients in family narratives. Names carry legacies as well. Consider this poem by Andrei Guruianu:

Grandfather
by Andrei Guruianu

Dead before I came into this world, grandfather,
I carry your name, yet I’ve never met you.
I hear my name, and know
that somehow they refer to you.
When I scribble those six letters
fast, to sign some document
or print them neatly in a box,
I feel your presence flow with the ink
stain and burn through the paper,
forever imprinted in my mind.
Late summer nights
gathered around the dinner table,
leftovers being cleared away,
faces clouded in cigarette smoke,
I hear voices pass the word
back and forth in reverence.
Somehow I know it’s not me
the little one grabbing for attention.
They speak of you, Andrei,
the one I’ve never met,
whose name I carry.

05/15/2024

One of Family Legacy Video's first storytellers remembers her visit to the 1939 NY World's Fair. While this wonderful lady has passed, she still shares the experience with her family, thanks to her legacy video.

In this clip from her video biography, Marion Jones describes how she and a friend, fresh out of high school, travel from Michigan to New York City to experience the wonders of the 1939 World's Fair - and to enjoy a "Big Apple" experience.

05/09/2024

What factors should you consider when choosing a legacy video production company? In Part 8 of the "Talkin' Legacy Videos" video series, Family Legacy Video's Steve Pender offers some advice. Watch here: https://www.familylegacyvideo.com/4100/talkin-legacy-videos-part-8/

05/05/2024

Great quote from comedian Fred Allen: "A human being is nothing but a story with skin around it."

05/02/2024

When it comes to Legacy Videos, you get what you pay for. In Part 7 of the "Talkin' Legacy Videos" video series, Family Legacy Video's Steve Pender details the company's current starting prices. Watch here: https://www.familylegacyvideo.com/4093/talkin-legacy-videos-part-7/