Comments on: Keeping a memory journal for kids.

By: Hilary Erickson

Hilary Erickson — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 23:33:19 +0000

In reply to Naomi. I love that you wrote it down for SO many reasons. I bet you'll treasure it in years to come!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:03:44 +0000

I started doing this because our “birth” story was genuinely the worst day of my life. It left me with severe PTSD and depression and changed me forever. I wanted to write to my daughter to make it all real. I wasn’t always thinking of ever showing her, to start with it was just a way to process what had happened and what I was going through, becoming the “new me”. But as time passed I read it back a few times and realised how valuable what I had written is. It’s real and it’s honest. It explains how difficult a start we had but it also shows very clearly that despite our troubles and my difficulties in particular, my love for my daughter was always fierce. Even when I didn’t know it myself. It’s not an easy read by any stretch of the imagination, but I will give it to her one day because of how raw and honest it is. It shows the real relationship we have always had. She is three now and I still struggle daily with the PTSD but I still write to her in that journal and it’s still a useful tool for me and a treasured memory book for me to pass on. I hope she will understand it all when she’s grown.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Wed, 18 May 2016 02:45:25 +0000

In reply to Linda. Awh, I love that! I hope my kids love these someday!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 17 May 2016 18:16:05 +0000

I used to journal with my kids every Sunday. They could tell me what was important in their life, from a child’s perspective, and I would add a few things, too, like places we had been, if anyone had lost a tooth, etc. Now, fast-forward almost 20 years. My daughter re-discovered these journals on my computer’s external hard drive. The kids have been reading and re-reading these journals ever since! I just wish that I hadn’t stopped writing. I can’t remember why I did…probably thought that with 4 children, I didn’t have time. I just know that the journals are priceless!

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By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:01:29 +0000

In reply to Rhonda.

OH yeah, that is a HUGE reason to do it — something I try not to think about — but if for some reason I die that will be great for my kids. 🙂

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 07:15:08 +0000

Another reason I am doing this is because my siblings and I lost both of our parents at a very young age and we wonder who our parents were everyday of our adult lives. Our memories are hard to follow/hold on to because we were so young. We HEAR stories, but feel we were cheated out of KNOWING who they were to each of us…. writing to my boys once a month will give them a feeling of who they are and who I am…. I feel I would have treasured something like this…m feeling of who I am and

By: Hilary

Hilary — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:30:14 +0000

In reply to Sarah. It's all what you can do, right? You can always start at any time. :D

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 00:48:22 +0000

Every year when my kids birthdays roll around I decided I am going to write them a letter about the year. I NEVER actually do it! And then I just feel guilty! Journaling is such a good idea. I would love to have had something like a journal to look at from my childhood that documented the up and downs my mom went through raising me. I am up to date on my 19 month old and my 4 year olds baby books!! My personal baby book is like 20% completed! 🙂