Leaving Something Behind

One of the pictures from our trip that really moved me was this one. In the photo a man who is living with HIV/AIDS shares his memory book with his family. The sun in coming through the window bringing light to a dark place... One of the things that surprised me was the number of men that came to the Memory Book workshop. I asked some of them why they came and they told me that they wanted to leave something behind for their children. It reminded me that we all want to leave a legacy. There is something in us that craves transcendence. We want to know that we live on in the memories of those that we love and share life with. No matter our culture we all want to believe that our life mattered. I hope that through the work that we did in Malawi these people had a stronger belief that their lives mattered not just to their families but to God.