During the fall months, I spent a great deal of time going through all the pictures I have, in old photo albums, in the cedar chest, wherever---and labeling the pictures with the year and location, and then I went about the task of assembling a "birth-to-adulthood" photo album with pictures specific to each daughter. Each album had 100 pictures. I thought their spouses and offspring might also enjoy the pictures of them as toddlers and teens.
I announced that I wanted to give them all this particular gift at the same time. So I handed each one a beautiful box with the album inside. Suddenly a silence fell as they began to look at the picture in their album. I noticed immediately that the husbands were equally as interested. After a while, they began to show each other pictures from their albums. In each there were group pictures with siblings; pictures of their parents, their room, their friends and relatives, their teen sports and activities, things unique to each life. There were many ooos and ahhs and even a few tears.
It was a wonderful Christmas day filled with lots of good food, fun, sharing, laughter, gifts and family!
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| Michelle and Pedro |
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