Digital legacies – are we ready to be surrounded by virtual ghosts?
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In a tragic twist of fate, Lorna Harris lost both her parents, when they both died within months of each other.
Three years on though, she is still in ‘contact’ with her mum, Glenda, 71.
‘I still have voice notes from her and I listen to them when I need to remember what she sounds like,’ Lorna, 48, tells Metro.co.uk.
‘I have one that I play a lot. It’s so normal. I had flu and my parents were popping me some bits over to my house… My mum and dad are in their car and mum is saying she’s got me “Lemsip, a magazine and a massive bar of chocolate. Will pop it over and give you a cuddle. Keep warm. Love you”…’
‘I listen to it when I feel sad or ill,’ adds Lorna. ‘Not all the time but now and then. My dad Harry is in the background joking around that I am ‘skiving off work’ but they both shout ‘love you’ at the end.
‘I love seeing videos and hearing their voices but sometimes the magnitude of their loss is pulled into full focus and can send me reeling a bit.’
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