How I feel:
Bob and I had such great video clips of our boys, but they were lost in a mess of footage where we forgot to shut the camera off, where we shot just way too long, etc. I really wanted it edited and presented in a way that anyone would enjoy watching.
When we were deciding if a video by Reflections of a Lifetime was something we wanted to do, we looked at it as our "Latte Factor" My husband and I once figured out how much money together we spent per year getting our favorite drink, "chai latte" at Starbucks. It was upwards of $1000 dollars! I started getting my chai from a box at Safeway and that money now goes to the most wonderful videos that capture my children and my family. All that tape would be sitting in a shoebox, pointless, had Kathleen not edited & put it together the way she did.
My kids love to watch themselves. They dance to the music and they are amazed at seeing themselves. It is a great day when they ask to see their "baby tape" and not Bob the Builder or Thomas the Train!
- Sara Grover, Mom of Jonah & Nate
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Reflections of a Lifetime is in the business of creating family heirlooms from raw video footage, photographs, memorabilia, music and all the stories these evoke.
Kathleen Quinn
Co-Creator of Family Heirlooms
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- kathleen quinn
- Santa Rosa, California
- I have always had a strong interest in recording - first through writing, then photography, and now video - and I constantly look for ways to express my creativity through unique gifts. There is something about giving that really grabs me. A friend once showed me a video of her elderly neighbor. I was moved to tears by her stories and wanted to gift my 6 brothers and sisters with our parents' stories. After three years I was able to get them to sit in front of a camera with me, and in the process, my business was conceived and birthed, with their support. Fast forward 13 years. My dad is now 87 and suffering from Alzheimers. It is good to know that I can see him as the man he once was by watching his biography on DVD. Over the years, my parents have thoroughly enjoyed watching their entrepreneurial daughter expand Reflections of a Lifetime to include stories from birth through memorials - the full life spectrum. I still find my greatest joy in helping families create heartwarming videos, and though I know I'm being paid for my efforts, every time I hand off their DVDs, it still feels like a gift. Life is Beautiful. Share the memories!
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