Sunday, October 2, 2011

A cancer documentary

Some nights as I fall asleep, I think of all the blog posts that I haven't mustered the energy to write. I tell myself, one of these weeks, I'm going to do a marathon and catch up with all the things I need to write down, mostly for my own memories.

Here is a post I've been meaning to put up for a while now. Some of you may know that my family puts on a film festival every year around Labor day. Lots of the videos are funny, but our entry this year was not very humorous. We just had to do a cancer video--afterall, cancer is defining us these days. We decided to have the kids narrate a documentary of our year. We had over two hours of footage that we edited down to this. (And when I say we, I mean Rob.) It didn't turn out exactly as I had envisioned it--but here it is.

9 comments:

  1. It's beautiful! Your husband did a great job. Good luck this week with your last round and ringing the bell!

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  2. Tear jerker! Your whole family is amazing & such wonderful examples to all of us. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Emily Stauffer (Eric's wife) :)

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  3. What a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing! It made me cry. What a wonderful family you have.

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  4. Oh! That is a beautiful video. One that you guys will treasure for years to come!

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  5. I not sure how you envisioned it, but this was beautiful. Very nicely done Sonja and Rob. The kids were great stars of the film as well. You have a beautiful family! Thanks for your examples of strength through this ordeal.

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  6. I knew I should have waited to watch it until I had a box of tissues.... kids are so honest and open. It was very touching.

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  7. This is priceless -- destined for the Johnson Family Film Festival Hall of Fame. Thanks for sharing it.

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