[blindkid] Preserving memories

[Carol Castellano]

Hi Jennifer and welcome to the list.

We started making recordings for our daughter when she was 
little.  The first ones we made were the voices of her favorite 
people--mom, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents--and 
recordings of her birthday parties, etc.  Then we began to get 
creative :-).  When we went on a day trip or on vacation we would 
give a little verbal intro and/or description and then record 
characteristic sounds.  For example, we'd record the sound of the 
waves crashing or the crickets and bullfrogs calling at 
night.  Eventually we got pretty good at it--any time we were going 
to take a photo, we found a way to record a memory for Serena, 
too.  She took over the recorder when she got to eighth grade or so 
and instead of having her yearbooks signed, she asked her friends and 
teachers to record their words.  Very precious memories for all of us!

Carol

Carol Castellano
President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
Director of Programs
National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
973-377-0976
carol_castellano at verizon.net
www.blindchildren.org
www.nopbc.org

At 04:20 PM 12/26/2011, you wrote:
>Hi everyone, this is my first time posting to this listserv, but I 
>have been reading it since our son Hudson was born in July of this 
>year. Hudson's eyes did not develop correctly in utero w999hich 
>caused his blindness. It has definitely been a roller coaster of 
>emotions since his birth, but we have found acceptance and are 
>enjoying our sweet funny boy. We have services in place for him, and 
>he seems to be thriving.
>In looking back over our pictures from Christmas today, it struck me 
>that Hudson won't be able to see them (I'm still getting used to how 
>things like that just catch me by surprise). We did record a few 
>videos, but I didn't think about doing something specifically for 
>him so he can listen to it later. I have always made photo albums 
>for our older daughter, and she loves to look back at them and talk 
>about past events. I would love to hear your ideas about how I can 
>preserve memories for Hudson. Maybe videos where we talk about the 
>events of the day? Or some sort of box with tactile items related to 
>the special occasion? I'm sure you all are a wealth of knowledge, so 
>please share it with me and help ease my "mommy guilt"! Thanks so much!
>
>Jennifer Weisner
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