How to Create a Family Coffee Table Book That Becomes a Generational Heirloom
It started with a squeal of excitement. “Look, Granny, and her collection!” My fifteen-year-old daughter was sitting on the couch, flipping through a coffee table book, which I made for my mother. At first she was curious, and then it became a fascination. She paused at pictures, traced the fingers over old pictures, and read each story very carefully. She then lifted her gaze and said something that halted me in my tracks. "I want to carry forward her legacy." Time was suspended for a moment. I wasn't just seeing a teenage girl flipping through a custom coffee table book . I saw a bridge being constructed, connecting two generations. A bridge between a young girl raised in a world full of opportunities, trends, and social media and a woman whose life had spanned oceans, endured heartbreak, and emerged from virtually nothing. Every Family Has a Story Worth Preserving I thought about my mother for a while, she came to America with eight dollars and a dream that was grea...