Before I was familiar with FOREVER, I had a few videos converted at our local camera store. Oh, the videos came out alright; they were exact copies, flaws and all. But the impersonal feeling when the employees at that local store handed me the thumb drive and the baggie with my original media just felt so cold a transaction. These were my memories. “Memories” is not just a buzz word. It is one of the most important words we use around FOREVER. I don’t question that anymore. A while later, I had some more videos digitized by FOREVER. When I viewed them, not only had FOREVER removed the “gook” from the front end of the videos like most 8mm movies have from light on the film, but the end of the video it softly faded to black (not just a tire squealing, rubber burning halt to the end of the movie). Plus, my videos were sent to FOREVER in many of their original film boxes. Remember those orange film boxes? FOREVER had taken the time to use what was written on each box as the title to each of my videos. I hadn't even been able to read most of them myself! I am so thankful to FOREVER for this little courtesy.

When my mother died, I found a huge box of old family photos that all of my siblings would have liked to have. Rather than splitting up her collection, I digitized everything and uploaded it to my FOREVER account. Now, we ALL have the complete collection, and it's preserved for future generations to get to know their family roots.

My movies have been digitized! I spent an entire day watching home movies and sharing them with cousins, aunts, and uncles in Canada and Scotland! Priceless.