I may be a virgo, but I am not the most organized person. I can keep my schedule and work flow tight, but when it comes to organizing photos, momentos, and other things – well I kind of just throw everything in an antique trunk. It’s my treasure trove of memories.
But as life gets increasingly digital, it becomes increasingly difficult to capture and pass on all those digital memories. Things like facebook and vineme attempt to help you do these things with photos and personal posts. But there is still more to capture.
On Pinterest (if I only had a dollar for everytime I say that phase), I had run across an idea to create an email address for your child. Genius! How much easier could it be? You add your child to your contacts and email photos, videos and notes to your child. The account keeps it in chronological order, and you can use your subject line to describe things like “Video of you crawling” of “photo of your first snow” or just “I love you”. Graduation slide shows just got a lot easier!
Imagine the day you tell your child about this account and give her the password. With one password, she comes across an entire inbox of her life documented narrated with your thoughts.
Helpful Tips:
- In the subject line describe what’s contained in the email. For example: “Video of you crawling, 8 months”, “Photo of sibling love”, “Life lessons from mom”, “Your favorite things to eat at age 6″.
- If you have multiple children, considering sending them some of the same emails. It creates something for them to bond over when they are older.
- Give your partner, grandparents, god parents, aunts and uncles the email address so they can add notes to your child.
- Make note of the account and the password somewhere that your child can access it, god forbid something happens to you. And also so you can remember what it is!
- When setting up the account, use your date of birth, as children under a certain age cannot set up an email account per certain email platforms
Part of living deeply is celebrating. Sometimes, when our lives get too busy, too crowded, we forget to celebrate, or how important the act of celebration is. When we celebrate we are actively giving thanks for something or someone. Just how being thankful can transform your life, celebrating the things or people you value add a layer of sweetness to your life.
