[AccessD] Drew Wutka memorial ideas

I was trying to think if his mom would like my copies of the articles we 
wrote -- some of them were in print, in IMA and a few others. I thought 
about sending her the actual journals. It seems kind of silly, they won't 
really want to read them, but... do you think she'd want them? He probably 
got a copy, but if they find them, they probably won't realize what they're 
dealing with -- will most likely think they're just old technical journals 
and throw them out. On the other hand, they might not care -- I just don't 
know -- it's not like they're great literature or anything, but I think... 
if it were my son, I'd want them. I just don't know what to do.

Susan H.


> One of the things that is especially helpful to children struggling with
> grief is a memory book.  Since our memories of Drew are "virtual", we
> couldn't contribute photos or such, but the archives must have many 
> threads
> that include the outrageous exchanges we had over the years with Drew in
> there fanning the flames.  I wonder if it would be possible to put 
> something
> together with snippets of his humor and insight and some typical teasing
> that might serve to remind her as the years pass of the kind of person her
> father was.  Those could be put together in a scrapbook of sorts using
> online services and sent to Drew's family.  We could even collaborate with
> them in creating something like that that included photos and such they
> would like to use to remember him and to preserve his memory.  I we 
> covered
> the cost, that would be a great memorial, and we could provide copies for
> each member of his family.