A Life-Long Tradition You Won't Regret
This is a tradition that will bless your life so long as you live. Remember when boxes are small treasure chest that can fit on the shelf. Inside them are little pieces of paper with memories that are jotted down. During a Thanksgiving get together, present this box to your guests in a place anyone can access. Set next to it a pile of small papers and pants. As ideas come to them throughout the holiday, encourage them to write them down and put them in this box. Then, at a time everyone has agreed to, have everyone sit in a circle and begin passing the box along so everyone can pick a piece of paper out and read it to the group. You will find a great deal of love, laughter, and quite possibly tears. You will also discover that as you share memories as a group, new memories will come to the surface. Write those down, too.
If Mitchell's journey has taught us anything, it is that time is temporary and memories are fleeting. Resist the 10 temptation to think that your memories will always be with you. Billions of people who have lived on this earth can all attest that memory fades over time. Something that just happened within recent memory may seem like a strong and robust recollection of events. You will be surprised, how quickly that memory may fade into nothing, all but forgotten.
As you share memories with your family, you will be giving each other a gift within a gift. And as you share your memories, you will find the spirit of Thanksgiving grow within your heart stronger than you have ever imagined. Remember when… Such simple words that can conjure up some of the most tender feelings in human experience.
To this day, we look at Mitchell's tender writing as he made contributions to our memory box with a overwhelming sense of gratitude - both for his memories, but that he was part of our family.
Tips On Selecting a Box
If you have run out of time, for your first year, a shoe-box will do. Eventually, we recommend you find a box that matches your personality and family. Be picky. Search stores and look for the miniature treasure box that is perfectly you.
You will also want to keep this box accessible year-round. And attractive box can be a beautiful decoration on a big show, but a tool for the family to catch it it's memories as they come.
You can find affordable treasure boxes at many boutiques and craft stores.
Our Family's Remember When Box
The images below are our family's Remember When box. We searched and searched for the perfect box, and we finally found it!
Housed inside this little treasure-chest are memories and stories that are worth more to us than all the gold in Egypt.
