Remembering, Memories, and Children - Continued

How are you going to prepare all of these goodies for the future?
If you are using photos, make sure you get enough copies now so you don’t have to later for all the children that you are creating special memories, memory books or boxes for.  When my mother decided she wanted to share her childhood memories and her photos of the family with all of use children, she had to have remakes, and some she had to chose who was getting which photos which can be difficult.

Why making memories now is important!
While your children are young, you feel as if life is rushing by and then one day you look at your children and wish that they were small again.  You can’t turn back time and make your child ‘innocent’ or ‘protect’ them any longer but you can look back and cherish the memories and the time that you had together because you took the time to take the photographs or videos when you had the chance.

Pictures that are taken of the children with you are going to be lasting memories that your children can look back on even long after you are gone or just when they need a little more strength to ‘keep going’.  Many of us look back at photos and feel better about ourselves because we all have such interesting and different backgrounds and families. Using our memories, passing memories to our children, and their passing memories to their children – this is all part of being a family and realizing a solid family foundation.

One last thing: even though I want you to make it a habit to photograph and enjoy the special times you have with your children, these photos are going to come in very handy in case your child ever was missing, lost or abducted.  Having recent photographs of the child in a natural setting is very helpful.