INSPIRING STORY OF THE WEEK – LEGACY LOST by Mark Newhouse
INSPIRING STORY OF THE WEEK
LEGACY LOST
by Mark H. Newhouse
In his Inspiring Story, Legacy Lost, Mark Newhouse shares a most poignant message:
Capture those precious family stories while you still can.
A teen-age girl saved herself from the Auschwitz death camps during World War II by working in a warehouse.
In this inspiring story, we learn that for an entire year she sorted clothing for the Nazis.
After receiving orders to run her hands over the clothing taken from men, women, children and babies, she was surprised to find concealed objects. Eventually she realized the clothes came from Nazi extermination camp victims.
Unfortunately, Mark Newhouse, the author of Legacy Lost, knew almost nothing else about his mother’s true story. Later, he questioned why he hadn’t asked her to tell him some of her stories while she was alive. He even wondered if he was afraid to hear the horrific details of how she survived. Or perhaps he was simply too busy with his own life to inquire.
Mark’s mom and her sister as children in Germany
Mark learned a hard lesson from this inspiring story, but it gave him a new mission. It inspired him to tell others – writers and non-writers, adults and children – how important it is to preserve one’s stories. Now whenever he speaks at conferences, he shares this history of his lost legacy. That is why he urges others to record even the seemingly most unimportant episodes of their lives. “These are the gifts that become a precious, lasting, legacy for those we love, and those who may someday be inspired by our stories,” explains Mark.
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Mark’s story, Legacy Lost, is now published in
Tales2Inspire ~ The Sapphire Collection
Stories of Timeless Memories that Echo In the Mind
