In her latest post, Maggie Berry asks: “What will happen when we have thousands of hours worth of tapes to review? It seems like it would take much longer to break out of grief when tangible reminders of a loved one are so plentiful.”
I cannot help but be reminded of this, where one can sign up to have personal e-mail messages sent to friends and family upon one’s death. A voice from beyond the grave, as it were. As a profitable business, I don’t think it really stands a chance, but it does reveal this impulse we all have to leave lasting memories for those we leave behind. Certainly, I don’t think the grieving process is helped by depriving one of all tangible reminders, but she does raise an interesting question: how much is too much? Can you leave loved ones with too many memories, and does that mean we should record less of our lives?