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Submit your ideas for neighbors neighbors to [email protected] 9 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT KERRY GLASS Millburn resident preserves life stories on video WRITTEN BY KAITLYN KANZLER T he prospect of a life ending too early because of illness can be a difficult concept for anyone to accept, whether it be a parent, a child or a spouse. Millburn resident Kerry Glass works to provide families with a gift for after their loved ones have departed. For the past 10 years, through her nonprofit, Memories Live, Glass has taken stories, recipes, memories and messages and created video mementos that her clients leave for their families as a way to remem- ber them. Here are nine things you should know about her. SHE CONCEIVED OF MEMORIES LIVE AFTER THE DEATH OF A WOMAN WITH KIDS THE SAME AGE AS HER OWN. Glass was inspired to give this gift to families after a woman with two children under the age of 5 died after fighting lung cancer. Glass says she had children similar in age and that is why she related to the loss. “It struck me as a young mother that these kids wouldn’t know the sound of their mom’s voice or her stories,” Glass says. “I thought of my own kids not having me and saw no one was doing this.” SHE ASKED A FRIEND WHO’D EXPE- RIENCED LOSS FOR INPUT. Glass reached out to a childhood friend who had lost his mother when he was 14 and asked if he would have want- 8 SPRING 2020 MILLBURN & SHORT HILLS MAGAZINE