Memories

"Make memories because no 1 tin accept them away "

Cyndi Neumann

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How well-nigh nosotros starting fourth dimension off the calendar week amongst a quick as well as tardily "project?"  

I'm using the term projection real loosely since all I did was spray pigment a metal bookplate, stick it on a pre-made, distressed box as well as brand a quick label.  It took but a few minutes, but is worth sharing anyway.

On 1 of my many trips to Michael's (I'm lucky plenty to locomote well-nigh ii miles from one!) I came across these perfectly distressed lilliputian wood boxes.   I had but been given a bunch of sometime menage unit of measurement photos of my grandparent's as well as I knew the box would endure perfect for displaying a few of those precious photos.  

I ever had a matter for photographs.  I retrieve sitting amongst my grandmother at her kitchen tabular array looking through sometime menage unit of measurement pictures, learning well-nigh my ancestors, my menage unit of measurement history.  I fifty-fifty asked if she would starting fourth dimension giving me a few sometime photographs for Christmas each year.

Now that both my paternal grandparents direct keep passed, these photos concur a real especial house inwards my heart.  I wanted to direct keep them displayed, non thrown inwards a box or stored inwards an album.   

I placed a few photos on my herringbone cork board as well as displayed a few to a greater extent than inwards this lilliputian woods box. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 unproblematic metal bookplate as well as label says it all, memories.  So many wonderful memories of my grandparents as well as the fun my brother, cousins as well as I used to direct keep on their farm.  Riding ATV's, playing puddle (I tin notwithstanding listen my grandad say, "just kiss it on the correct side," spending weeks at that spot during the summertime as well as ever going to McDonald's amongst the "old" people on Dominicus mornings.

My grandmother had a honey for flea markets,  selling costume jewelry as well as vintage drinking glass were her favorite.  I used to honey going through her stash as well as helping her package, label as well as toll each piece. I similar to mean value I acquire my honey for flea markets as well as thrift stores from her.

Many birthday dinners were celebrated at their employment solid amongst our favorite Hoffman's H2O ice cream cake. Sleepovers ended amongst my grandad kneeling beside our bedside, proverb the Lord's prayer earlier tucking us in.  We would prevarication inwards bed as well as drift off to slumber every bit as well as thus he as well as my grandmother would nation their nightly prayers together.

I grew upward riding 3-wheelers as well as 4-wheelers on the farm as well as straight off I acquire to exercise those same wonderful memories amongst my kids.  Teaching them to ride at the historic menses of 3 but similar my grandad taught us.  I'll acquire to demonstrate them but how beautiful my grandmother was as well as brand certain her retention is ever present.

Thank goodness for these precious menage unit of measurement photos that direct keep non alone been handed downward to me, but volition endure handed downward to my kids.

Stories volition endure told, memories volition endure shared as well as honey volition alive on forever.

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