Why The Stories We Are
like strangers on a plane
missed opportunities
One-on-one. We all have people in our lives whom we think we know well, yet how much do we really know about who they are and who they were? Do others truly know the stories and life experiences that made you who you are?
Your event (fundraiser, reunion, family get-together, corporate) might be the one chance to ‘get it right.’ Anyone can do a video; what you want are videos that are creative and entertaining, videos that make your event even more memorable.
‘Ordinary’ lives lived extra-ordinarily. Unique personalities. Moments that are etched onto a life’s core. Families joined together in their remembrance of someone.
Lives. Moments. Lessons. Discovered, rediscovered and now preserved.
If for your special event, make the entire process one that builds excitement for it and makes it a success. From a video that goes out to invitees, ‘mingling time’ videos and especially a ‘mission video,’ The Stories We Are can help you make your special event special.
'Seeing' the stories
What will it mean for you tomorrow, next year, twenty years from now, to hear their laughter and voice again as they tell of a moment in their lives you shared or perhaps knew nothing about? To see their faces as you absorb the thoughts and joys that bring them out of the roles by which you’ve known one another?
At times we might think we are really talking with them, digging deep into their stories. But the conversations are limited by the roles being played and seem to end up on the superficial, the weather, kids, people in common, health. Life’s daily events.
You yourself may be living only in roles set by others, by a spouse, partner, child, friends. You might be filled with experiences about which you have never really talked.
Perhaps because no one has ever asked before….
the stranger on the plane
…And sometimes it takes a stranger to draw someone out of the role in life they’ve played. To find themselves after a long flight having talked about their lives, regrets, joys, at a level more profound than ever done with family or friends.
The Stories We Are is that stranger on a plane for the people in your life…and for you.
- Smartphones, home videos and pictures capture only moments
- Rarely if ever have they, or perhaps you, had the chance to recount and have preserved the moments and thoughts of a life
- Our services provide an extended, flowing, easy conversation about who they are, who they were....for that moment, they are right where they should be
- Kids or grandkids, too young today to know your life, can 'see' your stories and advice years from now...when they will understand