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12-20-2012 at 9:16 AM
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Gift help needed (long)

Back story, my mom dropped out of HS when she was 16 and pregnant with my sister, had me when she was 19. My dad was an alcoholic, she worked long hours at a factory and well, it just wasn't easy for her. She finished her high school, my dad straightened up (and has been wonderful since I was around 6) and my mom has gone on to get a fabulous job being the director of a group home. I write all this back story to say that things weren't easy, but she did the best she could.

Over the years I have picked on her about how things were when we were little, it's just my way... I joke. But the older I got the more I realized the "jokes" when I was younger (late teens, early 20's) really did bother her a lot. I still find myself doing it, small things like "since I've been cooking mac n cheese since I was 7" or "I'll never let Hadley play on the roof like we did when we were little", "remember the time you forgot me at church?" etc. She struggles enough with us not having a perfect childhood, but constantly says "you don't have a single positive memory from when you were a child" and I don't ever tell her those.

She has had a rough year (menopause, medication changes, tough year at work) and I think it would mean the world to her if I wrote down lots & lots of happy memories that me and my sister have. All the Christmases that she made sure we had TONS of gifts even though she didn't really have the money, taking us to Long John Silvers every Thursday because that was payday and the only time she could afford to do so (it was our favorite), just simple every day memories so she knows that I really do remember lots of good stuff.

Okay, so to my drawn out question... how can I write them all up? I want to do something more than just a list on a paper, but really am not sure how to do it. I wanted to get her some meaningful present for Christmas but ended up with kitchen stuff, pocket book, and other things instead so I really want to make this part of her Christmas presents... please give me a good suggestion!  
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12-20-2012 at 9:29 AM
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This made me tear up. What if you type them and list the memories, use colored or nice paper.  Maybe matte it and put in in a really nice frame so she can hang it and look at it. 

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12-20-2012 at 10:41 AM
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Lauren79:

This made me tear up. What if you type them and list the memories, use colored or nice paper.  Maybe matte it and put in in a really nice frame so she can hang it and look at it. 

I like this. There's got to be some sht on pinterest too, to make like some kind of memory tree?? You know each colored square of paper has a memory on it, and then you form them into some kind of tree (Uhh christmas tree??) I might have just made all of this up though, is this a crazy idea? It seems neat in my head. 
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12-20-2012 at 11:06 AM
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Lauren79:

This made me tear up. What if you type them and list the memories, use colored or nice paper.  Maybe matte it and put in in a really nice frame so she can hang it and look at it. 

This is a great idea.

I was also thinking maybe some kind of book where you can write the memories out on special paper or something like that too. And you can use a fancier pen that makes things look special too!  Do you have any pictures that would go along? That couild be nice too. 
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12-20-2012 at 11:13 AM
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This would be awesome in a little scrapbook, I can picture Ali Edwards all over this!  I think they sell "kits" at Michaels and ACMoore, those types of places.  You could just add your memories into the blank squares.  I would hald-write them so it's more personal (vs. typing).  What a great idea!
 
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jlsimon56:
This would be awesome in a little scrapbook, I can picture Ali Edwards all over this!  I think they sell "kits" at Michaels and ACMoore, those types of places.  You could just add your memories into the blank squares.  I would hald-write them so it's more personal (vs. typing).  What a great idea!

This and do you have any pictures from when you and your sister were younger.  Maybe not specifically pictures associated with the memories but if you were to print out and add pictures to each page with the memories so that she could look at pictures of you as kids too with each memory. 

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12-20-2012 at 4:12 PM
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You could do it in a Snapfish picture book, or on tree ornaments.

I love this idea. 


 
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