I have a birthday tradition that I do every year for each of my children. It's something they don't get to see until they're older (I haven't decided what age yet) and it's something I keep in our safe. Curious???? It's a birthday letter. My mom has been doing this too and she decided that 16 was the magic age to share them. So my son, who turned 16 today, received a very sentimental gift from his grandma.
For this tradition, each birthday, I buy a card.....
I write a note inside about what he/she has done in the past year, my hopes and dreams for him/her for the coming year, something funny he/she has done, something not so nice that happened.....their year in a nutshell. Then I put the card in the envelope, put his/her name on it and in the upper right corner I write his/her birthday year.
I tie them together with a ribbon and then tuck them into our safe.
While my mom thought 16 was a good year to share this gift, I haven't decided when the best time would be yet. Maybe 18.....maybe 21.....maybe on his/her wedding day. I guess I will know when the time is right.
"We must always have old memories and new hopes." -Arsene Houssaye
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