As a family we have made a renewed commitment to journal writing. I know it is so important, but for some reason it is always on the list of things I want to make sure to get done, but gets bumped to the bottom. Well, today it was at the top. Bryan wrote in his, I wrote in mine, and I even started Andrew's and Carter's. Time is going by too quickly and the days are filled with so many sweet memories. I want to be able to record my feelings and such in my journal, as well as keep a record for Carter and Andrew of their cute things, milestones, and memories. Really, when I think about it - these books are full of treasures, hense our treasure books!It has been so wonderful to get copies of some of the pages of Bryan's dad's journal. It is amazing how neat it is just to hear what went on in his everyday life. I know it sometimes it feels like nothing super great happened that day to write about, but I know as the years go by my children will like to know what our day to day life was about.
I have been so blessed to have a prime example of journal writing. My mother has been so diligent. I have my journals back to about the age of 5 where my mom would write down what I would tell her. As an adult now, when we would go and visit at her house I would go to her room in the morning or evening (can't remember which) and there she would be with her scriptures and journal.
What a treasure these journals are and will be even more so as the years pass by. Hopefully we can keep this as a priority in our family. We will soon see!
2 comments:
I am so glad you blogged about this. I too remember very vividly mom with her scriptures and journal. I can even picture her handwriting in them although I only saw it from a distance. I still have my childhood journals as well with mom's writing in them! My kids have them to and they already pull them out from time to time to read their past entries! Yes, treasures for sure!
good reminder! Thanks...carter is getting so big!!
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