We wake up, get work, go back home and rinse and repeat – or at least it feels that way sometimes. In truth, there are a million moments in between where we interact with others and we can’t help but wonder what folks will think about us once we aren’t showing up, perhaps once we are gone. Some very thoughtful members of the community share their thoughts on this with us below.
Bryant August
I hope that my storytelling lives on for many years. Music and music visuals are the best way to extend legacy. The purpose behind each lyric and motion should be a message that resonates with anyone who knows me. Read more>>
Wildine Aumoithe
I hope people remember me as someone who used her voice and her story to inspire others to believe in themselves. I want them to say that I showed the world that beauty, strength, and purpose come in all forms — and that I made space for others to feel seen, especially within the disability and Haitian communities. Read more>>
Jeremy ‘Chef J-Perk’ Perkins
When I am gone, I truly hope that my story was able to be written as deeply and at length to have done as much as I can. I hope that people will say that I was a man of passion, power, and purpose, above all else. Read more>>
Oscar Herrera
That I was a good husband, father and grandfather and that I was relentlessly creative. Read more>>
Bonnie Perlin
I hope people will say that I believed in humanity — even when it wasn’t easy to. That I saw the darkness in the world, but I refused to let it define me. Instead, I turned it into light, into art, into spaces where people could see one another more clearly. Read more>>
Shantel Davis
When I am gone, I would like people to remember me as a good person. I also want them to tell others that I am humble. In other words I don’t want people to remember how I died, I want them to remember the way that I lived. Read more>>
