Memories: Keepsakes, Journals and Memoirs
What is the difference between memoirs and memories?
Memories :
are
often one of the strongest elements of your life as a parent. Consider the many
ways in which you remember your child's first years. Perhaps you remember the
smell of their bath soap as you remember giving them their first bath. Perhaps you remember the way it felt to touch
your child for the first time. You may even remember the unique smile that came
across your lips the first time your child smiled themselves. These are all
fabulous ways to remember your child. However, how can you preserve them?
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A
Variety Of Ways
There
are many ways to keep your memories alive and beautiful. In many ways, it is
easier today to remember yesterday than ever before. As you consider your options, contemplate
using several ways to remember your child and your family. Putting together a
collection of different methods to remembering can help you to really form a
strong bond over time. Most people lose memories within a few years, unless
they are particularly strong. Still, by the time your child is in college,
chances are many smells, touches and unique looks will have faded. Here are some ways to preserve them.
Journals: One
of the best ways to remember your child's first years and every year after is
to use a journal. If your child is a newborn or just starting life, then now is
the perfect time to start a collection of your thoughts. What is unique about a journal is that they
are very easy to use and they allow you to collect thoughts not just pictures.
Journals make a great tool to use along with other formats, too. You can add
photos to your journal as well as small trinkets if you would like to.
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Keepsake
Boxes: As
your child grows, there is no doubt you will have small items that mean a lot
to you. In fact, just leaving the hospital you may have their identification
bands, their cap, and even the outfit they wore home. These are all great items
to keep in a keepsake box. Easily placed
in a corner of a closet, these boxes are very easy to use and offer a great
tool for collecting items.
Picture
Albums: A simple form of collecting pictures is the
picture album. You simply need to print off or purchase your pictures and put
them into place. It only takes a few
minutes to jot a note on the back of the picture to get things started.
What is the journal to remember things?
Scrapbooks:
Another way to keep hold of your memories is a scrapbook. Many new moms and
dads have good intentions of using a scrapbook but they may easily become
overwhelmed. If you are worried they will be too much trouble, don't be. They do not have to be updated often and you
can often do them whenever you have time. They are not complex, but can easily
be added to by pre-purchased items and sheets. The process can be easy.
Video:
Filming the birth of your child, their journey home and everything until their
college graduation is becoming a common family occurrence. With most video
cameras not being digital, it is easy to doctor them, add additional
information or footage and even to really clean them up for a professional
finished product (all on the home computer.) Video works very well to capture
memories since it is a moving documentation of the events.
Which
way is the best way for you to keep memories of your child? Choosing several methods may work best for
you. The key is to capture are many
memories as you can and then to keep them safe. When you use several options,
you are able to get more information than you could with just one.
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For
example, perhaps you have a video recording of your child's first birthday. You
can see everything that is happening. Now, you want a few pictures, too to add
to the scrapbook that you are creating and to send to friends. Add to that a
few great notes in your journal about the day and the way you were feeling and
you have a complete memory of the event that will last a lifetime. Go for it,
your child will appreciate it in the years to come, and so will you.
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