Blogging has changed so much since then.
The world has changed.
We have changed.
Some of those changes I remember vividly. Some not so much. Its given me an opportunity to sit back and think what about those changes are left around for my children to see and learn about where we have been, to what we have become, to where are we going? Going through the pictures of time way before my youngest 2 were born, they are asking so many questions.
"Where was that?"
"Oh that place looks awesome can we go see it?"
...and so many more.
It reminds me they don't hold the same memories because they weren't there. They can all enjoy where Mommy and Daddy have been/lived through our pictures and words.
What if the words are written down anymore though? How will they know?
I have made it a point to go back and start documenting memories for them again. I wish I knew why that simple meaningful task is so hard for me to continue but it is. I keep thinking I need to print these, I need to buy a book, etc. and I keep forgetting how simple and free it is to set up a little journal like this to start storing it all until the funds come to put books together. It hurts there is so much I have missed and might not be able to find. HAHA yes even in 100,000+ pictures I feel some are missing because I haven't found them yet. Ones that are so crystal clear in my mind but not on my computer screen anywhere. I pray they aren't gone.
These days aren't going to be here forever and I want to lock away all the memories I can. For us. For my children. For my children's children.
God has been so amazing all these years and the testimony of his glory and what he has done for our family is something I don't want lose in the shuffle. I need to make it more of a priority. Too much is at stake if it isn't.
How do you store your family's memories to pass down to your children?
2 comments:
I just went through some of our photo albums from before I had a digital camera. It was so fun! There's something about having a book in my hands that makes the photos come to life. Photos are better because of the digital era in which we live, but the experience of getting them developed has taken a back seat to the digital world. I just developed more from Shutterfly because they gave me 101 free prints...it was so wonderful to have photos in my hand again! Can't wait to get another coupon!
We have videos that are on a hard drive that hooks up to our computer. We watch them from time to time and Kayla especially loves it. Pictures are on the computer by year but I have just started going through them (when I have time) and deleting some that are blurry, too dark, etc. I started writing in "mothers journals" when they were young but once I started writing online haven't kept those up very well.
Talking about things a lot is good too. :)
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