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Wednesday: Mid Week Ramblings—Journaling
The giveaway is a few posts down.
What kind of personal journaling do you?
What about your mother, grandmother, great grandmother?
What journaling do you DO for your children?
What do you have your children do on their own?
I was in the habit of writing my girls weekly (since they are to young to actually write) until our vacation 2 MONTHS AGO and I got out of the habit, I am going to have to pick that up again ASAP.
One of my most cherished possessions is my Great Grandmother’s “remembrance book” full of pictures, letters, poems, love letters.
I recently bought a simple notebook for my oldest daughter to start keeping a record of herself in. Although I don’t even know what are you supposed to write about in a journal?
What sort of things do you do for record keeping, journaling, etc.? This is a tradition I would like to start right away.
I would just love for someone one day to think of my own or one of my daughter’s journals/books of remembrance/writings as a cherished possession of their own.
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When I had my first baby I recieved a beautiful journal at my baby shower and each of the guest wrote a letter to the baby and a little piece of advice to me in it. I kept up the tradition and have journals for each of my children. I have brought them out at baby blessings, birthday parties, and special events for each child. I then ask all my family members to take a moment and write a little message. I also try to write atleast once a month, and need to be better at writing atleast once a week. I’m missing a lot of funny moments and memories. What a blessing though because my oldes has letters from his Great-grandfather who passed away last year and he will be the only one who has that to remember him by.
I used to journal once a month as my son was growing up. Of course he has 3-4 years of it, while my two girls barely have one or two entries. Ahh. Thanks for the reminder to get back on it.
As for me, I try to journal, but it only ends up happening once or twice a year. I wish it was more. At least blogging helps a little with what my kids and I are doing.