Meet the Wonderful Woman Who Inspired Save Family Photos and Changed the Course of my Life

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Meet the Wonderful Woman Who Inspired Save Family Photos and Changed the Course of my Life

“Only a photograph can show you what your mother looked like when she was 20, when the moonlight fell on her face.” – @maggiesteber

In my case, a photograph shows me what my grandmother looked like when she was about 20 – elegant, ethereal, determined.

Yesterday I lost her.

My family lost a matriarch.

The world lost a force of nature.

This beautiful woman inspired me to create a community called Save Family Photos. Her hallway, covered with family photos, was the inspiration for our tenet, “Your story started before you.” What do I have left of this incredible woman now that she’s gone?

Of course, I have my memories of her. Those are stored safely in my heart, tucked away until the day I can tell my own child stories about his great ­grandmother.

Yet I have something else, something tangible.
I have photos.

And these images, faded and tattered with tales of time, help me remember to remember.

Sarah Lincoln LaCour
May 1924 – June 2015 ~shared by @rachellacour + @savefamilyphotos

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