I have always been the sentimental type. I often ignored what is practical and more than usual go with how I feel no matter how insignificant it may seem to others or a waste of time. I guess this personality type was more reinforced when I became a mother of a beautiful baby daughter about 16 years ago.
When my daughter was born I kept a journal just keeping records of her “baby” accomplishments like when she first smiled, the time she uttered her first words, all the firsts you could imagine. It was written in my journal in detail, the time, date, place, it took place. But I wanted to do something unique for my special daughter. So apart from having a scrap book and a baby book, I have stories of how I feel about her which you will know by simply analyzing her 16 gold charm bracelets – one for each year of her life. Like her first bracelet, you will see there charms of an angel, a heart, sun, and a cross symbolizing the peace, love, hope, and faith that she brought to my life when she was born. She really loves her bracelets, especially when I explain to her the meaning of the charms I add there randomly. She brags this to her friends saying that her bracelet is our love story as mom and daughter.
