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Poohbah
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Dec 26, 2015 at 12:50 AM
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I was a single dad raising my daughter beginning in infancy. For her sixteenth birthday I told her there would be no store bought gift - I was making her something. I took my sixteen favorite memories from her earliest years - before she would remember, and I wrote sixteen short stories about them.
At sixteen, she thanked me with a bit of reserve at this strange gift. But now, going on ten years later, they are treasured heirlooms she breaks out every year to re-read and looks forward to passing on to my grandchildren. And yes, she's already begun writing her own stories for their sixteenth birthday. |
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Dec 26, 2015 at 08:23 PM
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Thanks for sharing this lovely idea, yagr!
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Dec 27, 2015 at 09:44 AM
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What a wonderful thing to do. I set up an email address for my daughter and periodically through the year friends and family email her and send her pictures and talk about what they've done. I'll give her the address and password on her 16th birthday
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Jan 09, 2016 at 03:29 PM
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Both these ideas are super sweet!!! These types of things make me tear up a little bit. The world is so mean sometimes and so it's nice to see that both of you have given your kids something so wonderfully creative to remind them that they are so loved. We all need a reminder sometimes. You guys are awesome!
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