Throughout your school years, you’re going to hear a lot of people ask you, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” If you respond, “a doctor,” or “a lawyer,” you’re likely to be met with responses like, “That would be excellent!” and follow-up comments about how much money you could make ifContinue reading “So, what are you going to be when you grow up? A letter to my children”
Category Archives: Letters to My Children
Why we decided to raise you in a small town: A letter to my children
The first layout I created for my “Letters to My Children” album was a one about why my husband and I decided to raise our kids in the small town in which we both had been raised ourselves … despite mildly despising it while we were in high school. (I did, at least. I guessContinue reading “Why we decided to raise you in a small town: A letter to my children”
One thing you should never forget: A letter to my children
My head is swimming with things I’d like to share with you. Some of what I want to share includes stories – stories that show your dad and I are not perfect, stories of our family traditions, stories of events in our lives that have developed us into who we are. Some of what IContinue reading “One thing you should never forget: A letter to my children”
Letters to My Children: The start of something important (at least to me)
I have this irrational fear that I am going to die in some sort of traumatic accident before I have a chance to tell my children everything I want to tell them. A pleasant thought, I know. I have always thought I would make a scrapbook full of all of this kind of “stuff” toContinue reading “Letters to My Children: The start of something important (at least to me)”
Honoring the Class of 2020: Gabe Farnsley 