tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post6312194987271099523..comments2023-10-21T07:13:39.906-04:00Comments on All Stace, All the Time: A Little Late but...StaceyC4http://www.blogger.com/profile/01580337266163999623noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-67303941860642861682009-10-01T08:35:09.162-04:002009-10-01T08:35:09.162-04:00i still have a message on my cell phone from Jessi...i still have a message on my cell phone from Jessie - its about 2 yrs old and i just keep saving it and saving it- in a baby voice that she will never have again -she is calling daddy and says "daddy, daddy, oh o" so cute-Nanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939083477002372200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-25960742562285548412009-10-01T04:58:47.576-04:002009-10-01T04:58:47.576-04:00We can call them "electronic audio mementos&q...We can call them "electronic audio mementos"<br /><br />You have written a very good text. So far, I haven't read any texts on anyone's blog about all those parting phone messages. This aspect of the tragedy was shown in the movie that was made about flight xxx. But I don't think any of us like to think about the real details of what that day must have been like for all of those people.<br />And just as you, I did not loose a loved one on that day. <br /><br />The closest I come, is the daughter of one of my best friends. who happened to work as a waitress in one of the buildings near the World Trade Center. That building collapsed after the towers fell. She was scheduled to work the afternoon shift and was never in harm's way. But seven of her co-workers perished. Her mother says that it has taken her a long time to recover emotionally from this exeperience.<br /><br />To return to what you wrote about saving your husband's telephone messages, it reminds me of a message that my late grandmother left on my answering-machine. I wanted to save it, because it was the only sample of her speaking voice that I had left. She was very special to me. She was the one who taught me Swedish. I can kick myself for never recording any of our lessons. Unfortunately this last message got recorded over by mistake by an incoming call of no importance; so it is lost.<br /><br />Before audio-visual recording methods were invented people had to write down or draw a picture of someone or something that they really wanted to preserve. But even these new-fangled inventions have their limitations and are not always a better way of preserving a memory than paper and pencil. Technology changes and one thing-a-ma-jig makes an older one obsolete.<br /><br />My mother has been careful in preserving mementos from the past. I was therefore very happy when we found a record, at her house, that was recorded on her wedding day. For the first time since I was 14 years old, I heard the voice of my grandfather, whom I dearly loved. It was recorded on a laquer-record. We bought a special grammophone with different speeds to play it.<br /><br />Yes, record your husband's voice! And while you're at it, record your parent's, your grandparent's and anyone else's voice whom you love.<br />Do it!<br />Best wishes<br />Christina WigrenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926688000745346961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-35529001839511255832009-09-29T17:58:23.155-04:002009-09-29T17:58:23.155-04:00Beautifully written, it put tears in my eyes. this...Beautifully written, it put tears in my eyes. this is the part of 9-11 that not many people talk or think about. Except those that are still living it.Frugal Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215233645206729306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-79513710556315323712009-09-29T15:25:12.726-04:002009-09-29T15:25:12.726-04:00very nice post. It was a tough time for everyone. ...very nice post. It was a tough time for everyone. It's amazing what maniacs will do in the name of "religion".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577780679140276988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2758033543840446585.post-50730585697392842222009-09-29T13:07:02.413-04:002009-09-29T13:07:02.413-04:00That's a nice post and you don't have to a...That's a nice post and you don't have to always do a tribute on the day of the event... sometimes doing it a little before or after is nice :)One with many nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893745855343786190noreply@blogger.com