How To Create A Hardback Book With A Lifetime Of Family Memories—No Writing Required!

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wonder if my grandkids will remember me?" The short answer is yes...if you share your stories with them.

My prompt this morning from Remento was, “What kind of toys did you play with as a child?” which started me down memory lane (in my case, memory alley)

Many of my most fun memories are of spending summers at “Maw” and “Paw’s” house in Briceville and playing with my uncle Mike, who was my age. About 30 feet from their back porch was the “root cellar,” and next to it was a large pile of dirt. I don’t remember that dirt pile not being there. I think it was the dirt left from digging out the root cellar about 20 years earlier.

Just like my grandfather and uncle’s mines, made little “tipples” at the top of our mountain of dirt where we would load our Tonka trucks with coal (AKA dirt). Then we would drive our trucks down this very sophisticated road system with several switchbacks to the bottom of the mountain, where we would dump the coal and then head back to get another load. I remember spending hours in the dirt pile.

Some of the other toys that I played with as a child were GI Joe (plastic) soldiers (today known as action figures). I got some “Rock-Em Sock-Em Robots” one year at Christmas. I liked my “Slinky”. I still like Slinkys. I was playing Malachi’s last week. Of course, I had a “spirograph.”

Unlike Ralphie, who finally got a “Red Rider” BB gun, I don’t remember getting one, but it was very popular back then.

I’m pretty sure it isn’t considered a toy. I certainly wasn’t a child, but I remember thinking “best Christmas ever” was the year I got a 2.5-horsepower gasoline-powered minibike.

In Deuteronomy 4:9, God says it is important to tell our kids and our grandkids about where they came from, what we have seen, and what we stand for. He says it like this: “Be on guard and watch yourselves closely so that you don’t forget the things your eyes saw and so they never leave your mind as long as you live. Teach them to your children and your grandchildren.”

If you’re interested in preserving all those family memories for your kids and grandkids, check out this Remento video I made with just a tap on my phone.

I love thinking about those “good ole days”. But I have to admit I love living in these good old days even more. Savoring every day of my last best bite. 

So easy to create a lifetime of memories.