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A Mom's Treasures
By Brenda Hyde
Over the years I have noticed many different attitudes towards
collecting family treasures. There are the people like me who save
everything; paper, dishes, tins, pictures, letters, books and recipes.
I have them in various boxes and chests just waiting for me to do
something with them. Then there are those who have it all organized in
scrapbooks, albums and cedar chests. I have also known people who
simply don't save things at all, and feel they don't need that
"connection"
to the past.
Whether your family treasures are in the form of memories or keepsakes I
think it's important that we share them. The good and the bad times. We
can hopefully learn and grow from the bad memories, and treasure the
good ones. Pass them down to your children as you remember them and you
feel they are ready. By relating some of the rough times you can show
that
as a family and a person you learned to persevere in times of stress;
you didn't give up. The memories will give your kids a sense of where
they came from and
of their family history. I think this makes us all feel part of
something special.
We have all laughed at the stories we heard as kids from one of our
relatives "I walked two miles to school with no boots in the middle of
winter and I enjoyed it!", but those stories themselves are keepsakes!
I tell my kids that I only had cartoons on Saturday morning and that was
all. You should see their faces! Sure, I had boots and took a bus to
school, but I only had one day of cartoons. Share something from your
childhood with someone in your family today and give them a family
keepsake. There will be many opportunities
to share
our memories and the act of sharing these is special in itself.
About the author
Brenda Hyde is a wife and Mom of three, a freelance writer, and editor of
Old Fashioned Living.com.
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