When the Older Generation Is Gone, Their Stories Go With Them: Rebecka Vigus on Legacy Writing and Passing Down Who You Are

The Advisor with Stacey Chillemi · Dec 12, 2023 · 40m

Most families wait until it is too late to ask. The grandparent who knew where everyone came from is gone, the recipes were never written down, and the stories that explained why your family is the way it is exist only in the memories of people who are no longer here. Rebecka Vigus knows that loss firsthand. She lost the older generation in her own family, and it changed how she thinks about what we actually leave behind. She joins Stacey Chillemi to talk about legacy writing, why preserving family stories and values matters more than any material inheritance, and how writing them down…