Before Jack was born I remember seeing a commercial for Google that showed a parent emailing his child throughout it’s life. I know it’s just a commercial but it really stuck with me and I always said I would do that when I became a mom. And that’s just what I did! I started an email account for Jack and have been “talking” to him as often as I can remember to send something!
I hope it will mean something to him someday. My dad has saved so many little mementos from when he was a kid, teenager, twenty-something and I always get a kick out of seeing them and imagining him at that time. I hope this gives Jack a glimpse of who I am right now and also shows him his childhood in a different way from just a scrapbook.
And actually when I think about this, I started doing this before the Google commercial. I used to have these red notebooks in middle, then high school that I would write in and I always started it “Dear Kids”. It was definitely just my journal, but I pretended to be telling my kids what was going on in my life because a journal felt too impersonal. I wish I had those notebooks now. I remember spilling pop on one and ruining it, but I know I had more. I can’t believe I forgot about them until right now! Thankfully I can’t spill Coke on an email!
