* START A TRADITION *
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 4:00AM Happy New Year! Did you all do something exciting to celebrate? As per usual, we didn't do anything too elaborate...just hanging out with the family (my in-laws almost always spend the week between Christmas and New Year's with us). My hubby and I went out to celebrate a couple days early, as yesterday was our 13th wedding anniversary.
I digress. :) So, the first challenge of the new year is to start a tradition...resolve to bring your loved one with you this year in some way...it can be big or small, but the point is to intentionally start. For me, at least, it's through traditions and story-telling that I'll most be able to keep my dad's memory alive. Here, then, are our layouts.
I'll start with our guest contributor, Marti:
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Mine:
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Jen:
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Lisa:
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And, that (as they say) is that. ;) For now. I may still have a couple more layouts to add and will showcase the designers separately in the coming days as normal. As I mentioned before, we won't be doing an "official" challenge this round (with a prize and all) given the holidays. But, be sure to stay tuned for the next round on the 15th when we'll start that all back up again. Until then, please continue to share any layouts and thoughts with us. Thanks!
Reader Comments (3)
Ever since my son could understand who my mother was, we've had what I call "Birthday Cake Day". On my Mom's birthday every year, he and I make a cake. And then after dinner, we light candles and blow them out for her. I love this way of honoring her and giving my son some memories about her as well.
I guess I need to go make a LO of this because I've of course always taken photos!
Michelle, we do the same thing by celebrating with a lemon dessert on my mom's birthday. I still need to take some pics though so I can scrap our tradition.
LOVE the idea of cake on my dad's birthday! I always remember him, of course, but the idea of celebrating his day as if he were still here with us never crossed my mind! I'm going to do this from now on and I'm going to suggest it to my husband and his sister - they have a really hard time on days like that. Maybe celebrating with them (because we really do believe they're still with us) would help...