Sick parents leave their life story to children
Mrs Meissner, what is an audio treasure?
A USB stick in a heart-shaped case. It harbours a special legacy: the personal audio biography that terminally ill parents leave to their children. In their own words, palliative patients look back on their lives. Many talk about their childhood and youth, about pranks and adventures, formative experiences and insights that life has taught them, about the time they spent together as a family and how they dealt with the illness that brought this time to an end. Mothers and fathers themselves determine the thematic focus. So each audio treasure contains a life story, supplemented by very personal messages of love - preserved in the voice of the beloved parent, who will not be forgotten. I often say that the voice is the DNA of the soul.
Your offer is free of charge. Who can make use of it?
Mothers and fathers who have an advanced life-limiting illness and underage children. Each audiobiography is professionally produced and contains a foreword and epilogue as well as different chapters. The narrators also put together music that rounds off their story - the soundtrack to their lives. Where those affected lack the strength, we adapt to their possibilities: While some leave their loved ones with over eight hours of audio material, others only have enough for a lovingly recited bedtime story. However, the audio treasure is not just a farewell gift from parents to their children, it is also an ode to life.
The voice is the DNA of the soul.
What do you mean?
Palliative research studies show that consciously confronting one's own biography can strengthen those affected. Instead of realising that their life will not last much longer, they often realise how full it was. In the course of recounting and recapitulating, many people realise how rich their lives actually were, and some are truly amazed at everything they have experienced. Many of those affected tell us that being able to look back and appreciate their lives in this way brings them joy and satisfaction.
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