Creating this digital story was much more time consuming than I had anticipated. My first idea was to do a story of how we got my daughter, Kate, when she was eight. I wrote the script but then changed my mind. It might have tugged at the heart strings but I wanted something with more energy.
Then I decided to do my story on my two brothers, Steven and Danny. They both died within the last 10 years and I thought it would be a nice tribute to them. But there was too much good stuff to narrow down to anywhere close to two minutes. In order to do either one of them justice, I knew I had to let one go. My daughter made it easy. She said, “Do Uncle Steve, you liked him best.” Ouch. But it was true. In the end, he was the one I was closest too.
From there it should have gotten easier but it didn’t. The pictures I have of Steve were scanned in 2002 and the quality wasn't very good. I wish I had enough time to get the originals from my parents’ house, the quality of the story would have been much better. While I’m at their house over Thanksgiving, I'm going to start scanning in all the old family photos. Then I will redo the story so that it does justice to my brother.
The last issue was how to end it. I had to have an upbeat ending. Steven wouldn’t have it any other way. So, I decided that the music and the stories I told must be fun right down to the last one.
I wish I didn’t sound so nasal and I wish I could have made it longer (Grrrr!); but, all in all, I’m pleased with the outcome. I hope you will be too http://youtu.be/3GBSpH_seHE
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