It started with a Facebook ad in late April.
Eighty-five-year-old Larry Aaronson responded on the first day. When I called, he said immediately that he was in the hospital, that he had “about a year to live”, and that he wanted me to produce a video for his memorial service.
My business, Heritage Stories , helps older people capture their legacies. I hadn’t exactly planned on producing end-of-life videos. I also wasn’t intimidated by the gravity of the ask.
He was a high school teacher
In our initial conversation, Larry described what he called “a life of serendipity”, sharing a stream of fantastical stories. The one he would tell repeatedly was…
