I've just been told of a wonderful idea: giving a memory as a present!
It was their parent's 60th anniversary. The siblings thought of a wonderful gift: they each wrote out 12 happy memories to present to their parents.
I love that!
It's usual during family gatherings to share and reminisce. Lots of laughter and interruptions and layers over layers of laughter and some tears.
But I love the idea of writing down the memories and giving them to each other. So we can keep and reread whenever we wish. Hear the person's voice in their words and style of writing. Pause and go back, over and over.
I think it would be a good idea, too, not only to write the happy memories, but also the sad, and the sorry, the angry, and the wishful. To clear out the basements of our hearts like we spring clean our homes.
And I think we should have the courage to give them to each other, with the understanding that this is an effort to mend and grow, not to hurt.
It was their parent's 60th anniversary. The siblings thought of a wonderful gift: they each wrote out 12 happy memories to present to their parents.
I love that!
It's usual during family gatherings to share and reminisce. Lots of laughter and interruptions and layers over layers of laughter and some tears.
But I love the idea of writing down the memories and giving them to each other. So we can keep and reread whenever we wish. Hear the person's voice in their words and style of writing. Pause and go back, over and over.
I think it would be a good idea, too, not only to write the happy memories, but also the sad, and the sorry, the angry, and the wishful. To clear out the basements of our hearts like we spring clean our homes.
And I think we should have the courage to give them to each other, with the understanding that this is an effort to mend and grow, not to hurt.
