The BEST gift that my mom left us before she died is her photo albums.
The pictures are dated along with the names of the people in the pictures. I scrapbook, but I'm really far behind. I don't enjoy it as a hobby, but I love them one they are done! I try to spend 10 minutes a day on scrapbooking/pictures/stamping. It doesn't always work (like yesterday and today) but I'm definitely making progress.
I think the most important part right now while my kids are young is to journal. Making notes of the funny things that they say, how old they are, what their likes/dislikes are. We can always go back and put them in order as long as we have the labels on the pictures.
Where did I get my name? I've told people for years that my name came from someone that my Dad knew when he was in the army. I had no idea that the person actually existed until I went through the photo albums and found a picture with Johnlin marked on it. I must say I was shocked! Not sure why they spelled my name Johnlyn though.
I believe that taking care of pictures and precious memories is part of homemaking. It's important and can be overwhelming. Try to some time every week working on this every week - it's IMPORTANT to those people you leave behind.
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