Answer to: How can photo albums change lives?

You have the opportunity to change how a person feels about themselves deep down.

The answer to this question is more than "journaling" or "saying I love you". You can send someone a card, buy them a gift, say it face-to-face, etc., etc., about how much you love, appreciate, and affirm them, and that is a very thoughtful, wonderful thing to do (& especially thinking about this today on Christmas Day!) ------- they'll remember you for this, but will it *change* their life? Will it *change* your life?

Making someone believe something positive, or better yet, something amazing, about themselves (that they didn't already believe!) will have the power to do so much! Making an album is a way to "change the story that is going on in one's mind."

Briana said it best when she pointed out that the album she and her dad made "changed her mom's doubts about whether or not she meant anything to anyone". WOW!!! This is a very significant observation and comment. This idea that addresses how you can change someone "deep down" is absolutely the winning sentence and therefore, Briana is our "How to Change a Life" contest winner! Congratulations Briana!!!

Thank you all for taking the time to participate and for your amazing, thoughtful, well-written answers. Prizes to all who commented are going out soon.

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Of course, there are ways besides making an album that can change a person's life too. Can you think of any other ways? Post a comment below, and list one other way that will change someone's life, and why, and win a different Creative Memories prize! Deadline to comment is 1/17/09.


Merry Christmas to all -------