I have been doing something for a while and I thought that I would share it with you.Seeing where as I am the only pink in my blue house..I have been doing something for my boys. In the unfortunate event that something happens and I am not here to see my boys grow up and marry, I have started writing them letters. Hopefully they will never need them, but if they do, then they will be here for them.
There are simple "happy birthday" letters telling them how I have seen them grow each year. There are 'mom advise' letters- like bring her flowers, open doors, leave her little notes, don't forget those special days, that kind of stuff. Then there are about me letters- my favorite movies, books, flowers, how Dwight and I met, how he proposed..etc.
There are letters for all kinds of holidays and letters just for fun. Some are photocopied for all the boys and some are just for a specific child.
All of this is because I have a dear friend who lost his mother to cancer when he was a young child. There is so much he wishes he knew about his mom. Eventually, people stopped talking and there were things he still wanted to know.
I do not want my boys to have those feelings. I want them to know me even if I am unable to be here. Hopefully, I will be here for all their wonderful moments, and if so them I will give each boy his 'special box' as a wedding gift.
Just a little food for thought!!
Blessings...Dallas
1 comment:
I am a friend of Dallas Henderson and found your blog from hers. My husband and I do this, too, except we have only done them on the boys' birthdays (we have three). I recently saw in Family Fun a family who had journals for each child, and they wrote in them periodically with stories, advice, etc. -- similar to what you've done. I think that I might do that! I have a sister who died when I was 9 and she was 21 and she left behind an infant daughter who is now mid-20s and wishes that she knew more about HER mother, so I am doing it for the same reasons. I've enjoyed reading your blog...might leave another comment later about the TV on your post a couple spots up...
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