Journaling about someone who has died

A few  years ago my grandma of 96 years old passed away.  We were all sad when she left us, but knew it was time and that she is in a good place right now.  When I would go to the nursing home to see her, I would take out old picture albums and share pictures of the family with her.  A smile would come over her face and she instantly lit up.  With dementia it's hard to find anything that she would recall, but old pictures seemed to do the trick.

It reminded me of the many times I would sit in my grandma's kitchen drinking tea and hearing her tell me stories.  She would also drive me around town and share stories about her growing up, her brothers and sisters, and the life that she had.  Gosh, I wish I had written it all down, created a journal, time-stamping these conversations and details of them.  Now, I'm left with trying to remember them myself, and quite frankly my memory has never been that good, so I'm dealing with bits and pieces of someone's life, when there is surely more.

Journaling about someone's life, including your own, is a wonderful tribute to yourself or a loved one. The secret to it being a good journal is starting it sooner rather than later.  Good luck!