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You Have a History Too!

Greetings -
I missed you "all" - was on a short trip and then WORK got in the way a bit.
But here I am again and have another fun and exciting posting to make.
The collection I am talking about this time is - Your very own preserve.Just about you.
I know you've got tons of family pictures and memorabilia to deal with, but have you ever thought about all of your own mementos? Now, if you're getting up there in years - like me, you may have ditched all that stuff already, however, you may have preserved it in one form or other prior to using the "new and improved" methods that are available now. OR, you may still have it in a drawer somewhere, sitting, waiting "its" turn for a cool preservation.
Well, regardless of the case, I am listing below items that you may want to consider (if you haven't already) nabbing up and stashing into your own personal preserve. You may need to bug your parents or others for the missing information - but hopefully someone has it somewhere for you. (Of course, I preserve chronologically, but you can preserve by themes of your life or whatever suits you best)
Again, you may use previously discussed methods (physical or digital), BUT don't forget the most important person's history of all - yes, yours. Besides, what would all the other histories do without you preserving them?  
"Take Luck" and have fun running around and through all your very own life's memories. I give you permission to do this and encourage you to do so, or to continue to do so.
Remember, a lot of what we do is for generations to come - how cool would it be for you to have a memory book from your grandma or great-grandma - PRICELESS!  That's just what you are too.  It also helps with our vision of who we really are and encourages us to be better at being that type of person our descendants would be proud to know.

Now with the list - (I like lists, they, at a glance, tell you what you need to know without a lot of fuss)

Your birth pictures
Copy of your birth certificate (put the original in a safe place for your life's documents)
Copy of your SSN card
Your immunization record
Any records kept about your growth - height, weight, illnesses, etc.
Any writings from your parents about your birth
Newspaper birth announcements
Mailed birth announcements / showers etc.
Blessing Certificate / Christening records
A listing of what the "news" was on the day you were born: (see  www.BirthdayKeepsakes.com/birthday,
http://www.computers-r.us/birthday,http://www.walmart.com/ip/Personalized-On-the-Day-You-Were-Born-Frame, http://www.personalcreations.com
Baby pictures (yes, of you)
Family pictures (your parents, siblings, g-parents, aunts, uncles etc)
Magazine covers the month & year you were born (Vogue has some fun ones)
Vacation pictures growing up
Your pets

Note - If your parents took slides (like mine did) you may want to borrow them, or visit for a few days and go through them and get prints made from the ones you want copies of for your history.  Then you can either preserve the print in your physical book, or scan and save in your digital preserve.)

Your birthday parties
Your school pictures, class pictures, teacher pictures
Special papers that have been saved
Your art work through the years - drawings, colorings, paintings etc.
Your School awards/certificates - academically, sports etc.
 Stories you wrote
Goodle Earth pictures of all the places you've lived
Baptism / Confirmation certificates
Program, play, recitals, band concerts, dance concerts, sports events progams and pictures
Favorite games you played (you can find a picture by "googling" the board game)
Field trip (school or otherwise) pictures
Christmas, holiday celebrations pictures and details of traditions, memories etc. (see my Christmas preserve blog details)
Girls scout stuff / sashes (picture) - the actual sash can be placed in your "Treasure Box" preserve - (to be discussed in next posting)
Poetry you wrote
Newspaper articles about you - for whatever reason
Performance and or service awards/ certificates
Pictures of friends through the years
Team pictures
Sports awards
Camp pictures
Bulletins / programs from school events your were in (plays, concerts, spelling bees...)
Yearbook pictures with you in them (may be either scanned or ripped out... you don't look at them in the book anyway...:)
Ticket stubs
Senior Pictures
High School graduation announcement & pictures
Letters to & from you
Love letters / notes / mash notes
Student Body cards
First Drivers License road test / learner's permit
Patches / decals
Membership credentials
Favorite: Songs, bands, singers, perfumes, names for babies...etc.
Pictures of houses you've lived in
Jobs you've had - details and pictures
Resumes
Pictures of family / friend events: Births, Weddings, Funerals (yep), Birthdays, School events, Homecomings..
College days pictures / details / graduations

To clarify - I start a new COMBINED Family Preserve at the time of  ENGAGEMENT & MARRIAGE. Everything prior to that is all about you.  After marriage, everything is all about your family.

Wow - there is a lot to one's life!
Enjoy REMEMBERING what an awesome person you are and just what contributed to making you that way!

(Here is an offering of the many faces of Me during my early childhood - pretty scary, I know!)










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