Happy New Year, but where did 2018 go?

Wow! 365 days and what do you have to show for it? I asked myself this question and what made it easier for me to recall all the things that my family and I did during 2018 came when I was looking through my calendar to find the most interesting moments to share with our family in Germany. This family is dear but not near enough to us, so when we have the opportunity to travel from Virginia to Germany, we do.

But for all the times we don’t get to visit, we email as often as we can. After I sent my e-card holiday greetings, I always email a long letter to the family. I had to check out when was the last email I wrote and I was surprised that it was way back in July. As I sat there trying to remember all the things that happened since then, I looked at the calendar, and there it was . . . all of the goings-on scribbled into the little spaces on each months’ page, enough for me to recall so I could write about it. Very surprising how much a calendar can tell you. Seven pages with pictures, off to Germany it went.

So, where did the year go? Here, there and everywhere. Back and forth to jobs, shopping, doctor appointments, meetings, a few parties, and when we could squeeze out the time, a little day trip to an event or a special place. And all through this time, I gathered more memorabilia for our Family Museum.  I think sometime in the New Year I will have to reorganize some of the things, because as you add, there are items that may need to be taken off the shelves and stored safely away. I don’t like doing this but space is limited. This gives me the chance to get creative with display methods and by consolidating same-like things into one place, such as a shadow box, more room is made for other memories.  

As this New Year begins and everyone makes resolutions; some kept, some not, this is the best time to plan your Family Museum. The most effort it will take is to find the space, but it is there, in fact, in can be in many places by incorporating curio cabinets, shadow boxes, shelves of any kind everywhere in your home. So get busy during these winter months and by spring, when the holiday season begins with Easter and throughout the year, when your family gathers for special occasions you can show off your Family Museum and be very proud for saving your family’s heritage.

Visit my past blog posts. There is information that guides you and suggestions that may interest you to create a beautiful & meaningful place in your home and in your life!

 

Also, my book Create a Family Museum and Save Your History is available at both the publishers’ web address which is:

https://heritagebooks.com/collections/recent-publications?page=3

 

 

 

And on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Create+a+Family+Museum+and+Save+Your+History

 

 

 

Till next post, from my Family Museum to yours,

Happy New Year!