Thankful for Memories Recorded

Today I looked at the challenge of finding one last family tradition for thankful4 November and realized it is time to write the annual Christmas Card and take the Family picture as I have done every year since 1987 when my husband and I were Students in Beijing and I wrote and doodled it by hand.

I am very thankful now for the easiest record. What Year did I get Injured, When did we go to Your Mom's house last, How old were the kids when . . .? the questions are all answered in these and if the house burned I know the record is safe at my moms and some friends who tell me they keep them and treasure them too.

BTW, I love adding people to the mailing list when I make new friends but I never take people off, If you are one of my friends here and want a snail mail holiday greeting, email me an address at [e-mail]

[Terry]

Dixie, this is so cool, with the text and emails , hardly anyone does this anymore,, what a great tradition to keep going,,,, Thanks for sharing it

[Dorrena Ortega]

Very cool! I have a penpal whom I share postcards with. It's fun to get something that is not a bill in the mail. I also keep notes all over my calendars and have them for the last 25 years. It's fun to flip through them.

[Dixie Goode]

@dmortega every year I make one calendar into a scrapbook so each month I am posting pictures I took the year before.

[Vanilla Spice]

NICE! I wish I had done that in years past, now they are gone forever.

[Henri Russell]

Great memories. I do a calendar every year with family pictures.

[Anne ❀]

AWESOME idea. Good for you for following through each year! we've done them a few times but not often.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Cool shot and tradition.

[alia_801]

Very cool tradition and shot!

[Carole Imes]

I used to do that and still have all the letters. They are fun to read and remember how it was 'back then.' Are you on Facebook? I check that more than e-mail these days.

[Dixie Goode]

@cimes1 Yes, on Facebook a lot. Dixie Miller Goode

[Carole Imes]

@pandorasecho Great ... I just sent a friend request and will look fwd to your holiday greeting. I need to get busy and start making some memory gifts myself!

[The Blue Gnu]

What a wonderful tradition - what an awesome collection of memories for you and your loved ones.......... !!!

[summerfield]

i have an uncle who likes to send a 'newsletter' like letter to us. once, my sister and i made a newsletter for the clan but we only did it that one year. everyone wanted their stories in, and we ended up with 20 pages - that's not a newsletter anymore, it's a tome! you are so like my mother, she kept all those wonderful mementoes from everyone who mattered to her. i wish i had rescued them from the hellbitch who calls herself my father's wife.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

It's time for me to write my Christmas letter too! Yours look delightful- and I've kept most of mine too. I didn't consistently write them for a while, sometimes I just sent cards. But now it's all I send! I wrote myself a note to send you a request- and if you want the "LeFevre Year in Review" in return, just let me know!