The Cancer Survivors Network (CSN) is a peer support community for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, families, and friends! CSN is a safe place to connect with others who share your interests and experiences.

Thank you for being a part of the Cancer Survivor Network community. Survivors and caregivers like you have played a unique role in fostering an online environment that encourages connection among those needing support, community, and education. On May 28, the Network will be discontinued. More details are available here . If you have any questions, contact CSNSupportTeam@cancer.org. Thanks again for the support you’ve provided each other over the years. We remain committed to supporting you in other ways throughout your cancer journey.

making my kids scrap books

pinkflutterby
pinkflutterby CSN Member Posts: 615 Member
in Breast Cancer #1
So I have decided to make each of my 3 kids a scrap book of things I like that & are important to me... I'm putting quotes, lyrics, poems funny stories about them, I'll write each of them a letter when I can, need some more good things to add, any suggestions??? Of course photographs with a story behind the picture. Just want to make them something to have to remember me when I'm gone in 90+ years from now!!!!

help.....????.....

xoxo
Like Care

Comments

  • sea60
    sea60 CSN Member Posts: 2,613
    #2
    What a wonderful idea!
    How about special recipes? And your pearls of wisdom regarding Parenting.

    I hope you're feeling well. We hadn't heard from you in a while so it's good to see you post sweetie.

    Hugs,

    Sylvia
    Like Care
  • Kat11
    Kat11 CSN Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #3
    sea60 said:

    What a wonderful idea!
    How about special recipes? And your pearls of wisdom regarding Parenting.

    I hope you're feeling well. We hadn't heard from you in a while so it's good to see you post sweetie.

    Hugs,

    Sylvia

    Sounds great ! They will
    Sounds great ! They will love it.
    Kathy
    Like Care
  • Aortus
    Aortus CSN Member Posts: 967
    #4
    That is IF...
    IF they still acknowledge you as their mom after you and Cheryl become famous(or should I say notorious) in 2036 for your nursing home reality show.
    Like Care
  • BioAdoptMom
    BioAdoptMom CSN Member Posts: 358
    #5
    What a fantastic idea!
    What a fantastic idea! Sounds like a great summer project for me too. Someone suggested parenting advice. What about marriage advice?

    Nancy
    Like Care
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby CSN Member Posts: 615 Member
    #6
    BioAdoptMom said:

    What a fantastic idea!
    What a fantastic idea! Sounds like a great summer project for me too. Someone suggested parenting advice. What about marriage advice?

    Nancy

    OMG Joe, they will never
    OMG Joe, they will never admit I am their Mom then!!!! LOL

    I thought about getting cards to give them on special days like graduation marriage, birth of a child, ya know just in case and leave them with my mom or sister to give to them??? Not sure I'd be so good in the marriage advice department 2 marriages down the dumps and I worked as a divorce paralegal LOL

    this is fun & sad!!1

    xoxo
    Like Care
  • LVG
    LVG CSN Member Posts: 128
    #7
    I am just learning to
    I am just learning to scrapbook, and this sounds like an awesome/beautiful idea.
    Like Care
  • ms.sunshine
    ms.sunshine CSN Member Posts: 707 Member
    #8
    LVG said:

    I am just learning to
    I am just learning to scrapbook, and this sounds like an awesome/beautiful idea.

    I have a few suggestions
    Include historical events that happened when they were little.

    Keep a journal on each child. Describe something they did , and tell how it made you feel as their mom. Name their greatest character traits, and how cool you think they are as your kids.
    Like Care
  • camul
    camul CSN Member Posts: 2,537
    #9
    I did photo stories for each
    I did photo stories for each of my boys with "momism's" included. Can't have them forget all the important things that I have been telling them over and over for 20+ years. (laugh)
    They both loved them!
    Like Care
  • sunshine0406
    sunshine0406 CSN Member Posts: 65
    #10
    ms.sunshine said:

    I have a few suggestions
    Include historical events that happened when they were little.

    Keep a journal on each child. Describe something they did , and tell how it made you feel as their mom. Name their greatest character traits, and how cool you think they are as your kids.

    Journal
    I have a journal (not really a journal but more like short little entries) for both of my kids that I started when they where born and I put in it things they do that makes me laugh (all positive things, nothing sad or mean. just fun, cute and funny stuff). They are now 4 and 7 and they sometimes ask me to read them something from their book. It is so much fun. I do love to scrapbook but I have not done much since my daughter was born almost 5 years ago. I am hoping that I will have more energy after radiation is finished.
    Like Care
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle CSN Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #11
    Libby i have little
    Libby i have little notebooks that i started for my girls, and i just write little tidbits for them from time to time. When Doodie does or says something really funny, I'll write it in there along with the date. When Camryn & I have an argument, I'll write to her about it so when she's older she can see where mom was coming from. I also made time capsules for both of my girls on their 2nd birthdays for them to open when they're 18. They're full of cards, small gifts from friends & family, newspapers from their birthday, all kinds of stuff. I really like scrapbooking, i was surprised that i even got into it. I'm working on one right now for my best friend's husband -my bff is my cousin & her husband is my "2nd best friend", so im putting together something really special for him :)
    *hugs*
    heather
    Like Care
  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot CSN Member Posts: 1,368 Member
    #12
    Scrap book
    I think for my kids I will leave a good many of my spritual writings. Some will read them and I am sure at least one of them will just shelve the writings.

    If I were to start on my grandchildren I would start with stories about them. I noticed that each of the grandkids seems to have a couple of stories about themselves that they really like. I would make that a take out section of the scapbook with pictures, icons, or the other scapbooking items that correspond to the story. Becuse we come from a Native American background, stories are a way that we pass on information and show our family members what thier or our character is like. Of course this is an oral tradtion mostly but I also like to write and document things so it seems more like proof.
    Like Care
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 CSN Member Posts: 2,631
    #13
    Just today
    I saw on Oprah a family she had on years ago where the mom had bc. She taped messages and made things for her daughter to remember her by. Her daughter was 6 when she died and is now a student at college. I think it's wonderful to leave something for your children to remember the journey you lived through bc. I have kept a journal since I was dx. I am a scrapbooker and have one All About Me where I'll put pictures I've had taken and notes about my feelings. I personally think putting thoughts down on paper helps the healing process. And this site has been a godsend.
    {{hugs}} Char
    Like Care
  • susie09
    susie09 CSN Member Posts: 2,930
    #14
    camul said:

    I did photo stories for each
    I did photo stories for each of my boys with "momism's" included. Can't have them forget all the important things that I have been telling them over and over for 20+ years. (laugh)
    They both loved them!

    Great idea! Your kids will
    Great idea! Your kids will love this!


    HUGS!
    Like Care
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby CSN Member Posts: 615 Member
    #15
    cahjah75 said:

    Just today
    I saw on Oprah a family she had on years ago where the mom had bc. She taped messages and made things for her daughter to remember her by. Her daughter was 6 when she died and is now a student at college. I think it's wonderful to leave something for your children to remember the journey you lived through bc. I have kept a journal since I was dx. I am a scrapbooker and have one All About Me where I'll put pictures I've had taken and notes about my feelings. I personally think putting thoughts down on paper helps the healing process. And this site has been a godsend.
    {{hugs}} Char

    O I saw her on the news too,
    O I saw her on the news too, what a tear jerker!!!!
    Like Care

Discussion Boards