Treasures To Behold What are yours and where do you keep them?

Today, I am Thankful for all of the friends and family members whom have been instrumental in my life.  We do not always appreciate what we have in our life until it is gone.  I have chosen today as a day to be appreciative of those around me before they have gone.

 While material items can be replaced the notes, pictures, and keepsakes we have usually can not. If you ever have to salvage these items that you thought were tucked away safe and sound only to find they were not safe at all, hopefully you will come to the realization that the Memories from these times shared with your family, and friends are far more valuable than any piece of paper you could try to keep.

So do you throw them away if they are damaged, of course not.  Keep those you feel are worthy, take time to scrapbook them or store them in a safer place for future generations.  If there is one thing I have learned by being friends with some older wiser people it is that we learn from the past of our ancestors.  History does repeat itself, whether we like it or not.  So if it must repeat itself why not be prepared and plan for the fall, uprising, or unexpected.

Talk to your elders today, ask questions you think you would like to know if they were no longer here. I can remember asking an Aunt once what she did when they were kids to play and it is amazing at how creative kids were when they grew up in the depression. A simple empty thread bobbin became a necklace with old shoe strings and so many other things about other family members they will be able to tell you.

 So find out what your Treasures To Behold are and keep them in the best place for you.  My Treasures To Behold are best kept in my Heart.  Memories are what we make of them.  Keep the good, forget the bad, move beyond the past, and look to the future.

  Go with God and May God Bless you and your family today and always.

Written by:
Connie Kelly Beamer
February 27, 2013