If you know me well, you know I love to read. When I was younger, I loved to Journal, and as I got older, that turned into a series of blogs… most of which are defunct, because I’ve never been really good at being consistent. (Something I’m still working to change, and you’ll see right here if I have managed to change it, over time).
For Mother’s Day, my daughter (Stormi, my eldest) gifted me a book. Mom, I want to Hear Your Story. It’s a guided journal, and it is amazing! I love that it asks me questions, and then I’m prompted to answer. Also the teacher/trainer in me insists that I must answer questions, so although life has been crazy lately (as it nearly always is), I still find the time once a week or so to answer a few questions. I should finish it by next Mother’s Day. 😛
The questions are all about my life: my childhood, parents, siblings, grandparents. It asks about my children’s father, spiritual beliefs, the cost of items when I was born and when I graduated. Basically all of the things that I find interesting, that my children will find interesting, that their children and their children will hopefully find interesting. In addition to scrapbooks, with enough of these journals, we could build a picture of who we are, so that our great-grandchildren and beyond will know at least a piece of who we are.
Here’s my review over on Instagram:
Want to pick one up for your mom? Or for yourself, to give as a gift to one of your children? Here’s where you can pick it up on Amazon: Mom, I Want to Hear Your Story.
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So what do you think? Have you done a guided journal to document your history, or do you think you do a good job of it otherwise? Inquiring minds want to know! <3
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