Preserving Holiday Memories With YesVideo
The holidays have always been important to me. I love Christmas and the magic that comes with it. It’s the largest holiday of the year where all the family comes together to spend quality time in celebration. To me it’s the most important holiday. Every holiday we have together as a family I consider a blessing.
When I was growing up Christmas was filled with excitement of my childhood wishes. After I had kids it became about seeing the excitement in my children’s eyes when they witnessed Christmas magic.
In 2007 the way I viewed things changed. I think I started to cherish it more. Gabby went in for her Hemispherectomy the first week of November 2007 and unfortunately we stayed in the hospital through all the major holidays and well into the new year. Spending Christmas in a children’s hospital was not ideal for anyone. Saying money was tight that year is an understatement. Gabby was unexpectedly kept in the hospital for four months, meaning I was in the hospital for four months. Not much work can be done when you are taking care of your child whose life was still in question.
There were times I wondered if we were going to have a Christmas. Silly, isn’t it? Christmas isn’t about the gift giving. It’s about embracing life, family and truly being appreciative for what you have at that very moment, no matter how tough it is. 2007 is the year I witnessed a miracle. Christmas time is when Gabby was able to move to the rehabilitation floor and learned to walk on her own again. December of 2007 is the month we knew Gabby was going to live.
Spending Christmas in the hospital wasn’t so bad. The girls were given the chance to take part in some fun holiday activities. Gabby was healthy enough to take out of her room in a wheelchair or wagon to see the hospital Christmas tree and we were able to decorate her hospital room. They even allowed her big sister, T, to spend Christmas Eve with us in the hospital so Santa could drop off their presents that night.
Those are the memories that are priceless. Those memories are still fresh in my mind and capturing them to share with Gabby is worth everything to me.
helps you preserve your memories by transferring your old home movies to DVD and digitizing your photos for you to share on a slideshow. I love that you have the option of simply transferring your old media then editing online before ordering a DVD. I have so many VHS tapes from when my oldest was little and several 8mm tapes from when I was younger that I wouldn’t know where to start ordering DVDs. Being able to transfer the media first, then edit and arrange before ordering my DVDs is perfect.
YesVideo also offer the option to share your home movies with friends and relatives out of state through MemorySafe online storage. This year I plan to capture as many home movies during the holidays on my HD video camera to transfer to BluRay. While we are spending time together with my parents over the holidays we are going to gather all our old media to send in as a family and order copies of DVDs together. My mom is excited about this.
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What is your favorite holiday memory? Do you have VHS tapes collecting dust on your shelves? How often do you watch home movies with your children?
Full Disclosure: I was compensated for my time sharing the information about YesVideo with you. The story and opinions are 100% mine.
~Cherish today, for you never know what tomorrow brings.