I want to do more than just raise my children. I want to instill in them a true sense of belonging, feeling appreciated and understanding thier heritage. I guess that's why I love scrapbooking and photography as much as I do. I want to remember, and I want them to remember.
This particular project started after my daughter's First Communion when I had her dress cleaned and asked for it to be boxed. Apparently, the only boxes were for wedding dresses and too big for her little Size 6 dress and gloves. I kept an eye out & found these beautiful boxes at Marshall's.
I've since seen them at a few other stores like Home Goods and Tuesday Morning. They came in sizes which made me think of the other items I'd been saving. {baptismal outfits, precious silver gifts, baby book and hand/footprint set} All of those things she will cherish as an adult and share with her own children. On a separate trip I found the coordinating journal. I began with a note to her and have continued to journal weekly about all my special memories of her.. holding her as a newborn and the way she sucked her two middle fingers instead of her thumb. As I remember things I sit down and document {in my own handwriting, which I think is meaningful}. This way, she can not only have the items but the memories to go with them and to share. I was fortunate enough that both of my grandmothers' and my great-grandmother journaled and I that I have had the chance to sit & read about thier childhood and what thier parents were like.
What a gift!
What a gift!
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I am currently on the search for boxes for the boys.
Wish Me Luck-
Have a wonderful day!
