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”
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I miss seeing that smile
Journaling for a scrapbook page to be created some day in the future This is a smile I love to see. I wish we could see it more often. It’s not that you are an unhappy child or that you are frequently grumpy. You are not. It’s just that fewer things in life seem toContinue reading “I miss seeing that smile”
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)”
How can it be?
Journaling for a scrapbook page to be made sometime in the future… Our daughter Ella turns 8 in less than a week. And what a joy-filled, fast-as-lightning eight years it has been! This little girl has a strong personality, an infectious giggle and a huge heart. She loves to draw, write love notes to herContinue reading “How can it be?”
Rockin’ and rollin’
Last month, we celebrated our son’s 9th birthday. It’s tradition in our home to let the birthday boy (or girl) pick the activity for the evening, and Gabe picked Rock ‘n’ Rollers, a local roller rink. Lucky for him, it was a week night, and the rink was unusually quiet. In fact, we were theContinue reading “Rockin’ and rollin’”
50 Moments: Scrapbook the Pages that Matter Most
Why do you scrapbook? Have you asked yourself that lately? It’s so easy to get caught up in thinking, “I’ll never be caught up with my scrapbooks,” that sometimes it’s also easy to wonder, “so why even try?” I understand. My daughter is 6 years old, and I never finished her first year in herContinue reading “50 Moments: Scrapbook the Pages that Matter Most”
Honoring the Class of 2020: Gabe Farnsley 