making my kids scrap books

pinkflutterby
pinkflutterby 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

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  • sea60
    sea60 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
  • Kat11
    Kat11 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
  • Aortus
    Aortus 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.
  • BioAdoptMom
    BioAdoptMom 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
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby 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
  • LVG
    LVG Member Posts: 128
    #7
    I am just learning to
    I am just learning to scrapbook, and this sounds like an awesome/beautiful idea.
  • ms.sunshine
    ms.sunshine 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.
  • camul
    camul 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!
  • sunshine0406
    sunshine0406 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.
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle 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
  • laughs_a_lot
    laughs_a_lot 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.
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 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
  • susie09
    susie09 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!
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby 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!!!!

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