Laurie, I am so sorry for your loss, and so happy you have the special memories recorded. Not only did you get the history down that otherwise would have been lost, you also have that very history right there for your grandmother to watch whenever she pleases, which can be a tremendous source of joy and comfort to her.

My 84 year old Mother passed away in April, and I am experiencing both ends of it. When her illness began, she went through a few pictures and things like pieces of jewelry, etc., as I helped them pack to move out of their home of almost 50 years into a retirement community. She wanted to wait a bit until she felt better to go back through things in a manner that I could take notes down. Well, my Mom went downhill rather quickly right after that, and she never had enough energy to go back through everything so that I could write the history down. And now she is gone, along with all the memories she alone had. I'm here, really fighting feeling so guilty that I missed getting the precious stories, the special histories, that made our family who we are.

But now to the other end of the spectrum. My nephew took a bunch of old pictures of my parents growing up, dating, marrying, raising their family over a span of almost 63 years of marriage. He prepared a beautiful DVD for the service, then went back afterwards and added in the service, too. My 89-yr-old Dad watches it often and simply delights in the memories and in the pride of watching the progression of their famiy through the decades. So now I must pick his brain on memories on photos and hope for the best (Mom was the real resource there!) ; I'm afraid on other things, I'm just too late. The best plan -- love on them as much as is humanly possible in your time frame, and enjoy the stories as fully and freely as possible!!