Letters.

This week I'll be wrapping up Scrapbook Month with some tips on what I include in my (streamlined) albums.  

I like to include letters in my kids' albums, whenever the mood strikes me.  (That seems to happen roughly once a year -- although some years don't have one, and others have more than one.)  Like the day J. started her summer program after kindergarten:  I was nervous for her all morning and when I called the director to check in, she was doing wonderfully.  I just had to write and tell her how proud I was.  

Or when she was seven and going through some tough times (which is to say, I was going through some tough times).  Or when F. was five and just looking at his photo on my desk brought out some feelings I needed to get down in writing.

 

 

 

 

As you can see, they don't always take the form of a traditional letter.  And I don't always have the go juice to create a page at the same time that the words are flowing.  So when the mood strikes, grab a sheet of paper -- any paper -- or your keyboard or whatever you need and jot down your thoughts.  Some of these pages were made weeks after I originally recorded my words.