RETURN TO SCRAPBOOKS

Weekend cleanup day - I started the day intending to clear out the voluminous files underneath the big built-in closet - maybe throw out the old ones I don't need anymore and just keep the ones I need in a neat little plastic organizer. But instead, I found my old scrapbooks and diaries underneath all the rubbish and ended up reminiscing with my kids about the past...my past!

The kids started looking at old pictures and asking questions about the strange faces they see and it was fun looking back at those moments and seeing the expressions on our faces as we savored the experience...I saw too that my 2006 scrapbook was only halfway done ---just shows how much of a procrastinator I am - always very eager to start a project but never really ending or finishing the project! Then, I found my 2006 diary and I figured, maybe I could still do this - finish the scrapbook since I was still able to record most happenings and emotions I have felt during that year...

That was also when I realized that it was TOTALLY WRONG for me to NEGLECT writing in my diary in 2008 and 2009 and just relied on my electronic blog since during the times I neglected my blog there is NOTHING that I could go back to...no record of events that happened...no recollection of emotions that I have felt...because you see...it was a fun moment to look back and remember what happened last year or even five years ago...it was even more fun to share with my kids what I did in college ...and recall to them my experiences with friends in high school...it's like I'm reliving the moments all over again just by reading an entry in a diary or a page in a scrapbook...so I guess I need to make a firm resolve to truly do these things once again - doing scrapbooks and writing in diaries - it's one sure way to preserve memories - whether good or bad.