Christmas Present

We're on a limited income and our budget was hit with three operations this last year -- multiple doctor visits. What could I offer to my grandchildren, whose needs, much less wants, surpassed what we had available?

History!! Every family has some. I took poems that my father and my father-in-law had written. While searching for those, I found a journal my mother kept and I had stored away. A scroll my father had used to write down some of his memories, too. Then a cousin provided interviews she had done with three aunts in their 90's. Same questions, same family, three sisters discussing their childhood and views as wide as east is from west.

Added a page of explanation, interspersed some pictures here and there, covered some stories from my in-laws early marriage and history on the son they lost in World War II. Instead of a few poems, the binder grew into a small book.

I bought plastic pages that fit in the binder that will hold photos and notes that accumulate over the years. And, next year I must add more to the story.

My suggestion would be to start on yours now.

Questions?