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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 453261" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Janet, that is a seriously wonderful gift!!! You could always make a second one for yourself - I have long thought that we should make the time/money to give ourselves a gift at the holidays, something like that that holds a lot of meaning for us. Not to toot our own horn, but simply to acknowledge, to ourselves, all that we really do.</p><p></p><p>Janet, a gift that you could give your kids would be to sit with a tape recorder or video camera and tell all those stories that you remember from growing up and from when your elders told you. I am sure that Jamie and Billie would not value it, but I think Cory would and in years to come your grandkids would. I bet Keyana would right now. Esp stories about when seh was little, was born, etc.... It would last long after you have passed and would be a way for the family to not lose those stories.</p><p></p><p>We have some recordings of my mom's dad and stepmom that are very precious to us. some were just letters on cassette from a time when their hands were bad. We also have recording of my dad's gma telling the old family stories. Dad put them onto CD and sent them to his cousins. They were inexpensive but so very very precious to all of them/us. </p><p></p><p>Years ago in a truly tight budget Christmas, I took the recipe cards my gma gave me and xeroxed them and put them in 3 ring binders. I sent them as gifts and so many of the relatives told me how much they meant. They were in my gpa and/or gmas' handwriting and it brought back many memories. Recipes are especially great, in my opinion, because readign them brings back memories and more flood back as the recipes are prepared!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 453261, member: 1233"] Janet, that is a seriously wonderful gift!!! You could always make a second one for yourself - I have long thought that we should make the time/money to give ourselves a gift at the holidays, something like that that holds a lot of meaning for us. Not to toot our own horn, but simply to acknowledge, to ourselves, all that we really do. Janet, a gift that you could give your kids would be to sit with a tape recorder or video camera and tell all those stories that you remember from growing up and from when your elders told you. I am sure that Jamie and Billie would not value it, but I think Cory would and in years to come your grandkids would. I bet Keyana would right now. Esp stories about when seh was little, was born, etc.... It would last long after you have passed and would be a way for the family to not lose those stories. We have some recordings of my mom's dad and stepmom that are very precious to us. some were just letters on cassette from a time when their hands were bad. We also have recording of my dad's gma telling the old family stories. Dad put them onto CD and sent them to his cousins. They were inexpensive but so very very precious to all of them/us. Years ago in a truly tight budget Christmas, I took the recipe cards my gma gave me and xeroxed them and put them in 3 ring binders. I sent them as gifts and so many of the relatives told me how much they meant. They were in my gpa and/or gmas' handwriting and it brought back many memories. Recipes are especially great, in my opinion, because readign them brings back memories and more flood back as the recipes are prepared! [/QUOTE]
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