(please ignore the dust)
I have this book, and it seems like I'm always telling someone about it. Hoping that they will get one and love it as much as I love mine. What book am I talking about?
This one: One Line a Day: A Five-Year Memory Book.
I tracked this one down late last year, and was so excited to start it on January 1. Each page has a date on it, then is divided into 5 sections, each with a spot to fill in the year, and 5 little lines to write whatever you'd like to for the day. For me, much, much less daunting than an empty journal.
(I just saw there is a baby one
Mine lives on the little table next to the couch in my family room. I try to write in it every day, but sometimes I have to fill in two or three if I've been extra busy. I just write something funny one of my boys said, talk about a birthday, write something I'm thankful for, record a quick memory, etc. Once in a while I have the kids write a line or two, or sign their names so I can see their handwriting change over time. Anyone is welcome to look through it (or write it in). In fact, sometimes Aiden will sit down and read a few pages out loud and laugh.
So far, I have a little something recorded for every single day since January 1 of this year. I love looking back and reading all those little things I probably would have forgotten by now, the silly little things I really never want to forget. Like how Canon would say "Is that amazing?!" after everything he said/did, or how Aiden sobbed through the last 20 minutes of Marley and Me after we got Max, (and how I sobbed the day I gave up my Jeep for a minivan....), how proud we were of Jarom after finishing his first triathlon, and how Canon calls syllables "cinnamon-bols", that kind of thing. I'm a believer.
Anyhow, I love it. I think you will too.
The end.
