After five straight years of daily blogging during the A
to Z April Challenge, I took a break in 2017. After covering “People in My
Family Tree,” “Women With Unusual Names in My Family,” “In-Laws and Outlaws,” “Who
Was at the Funeral,” and “All About Me,” I was out of ideas. But I am back for
2018.
My theme this year will be Heirlooms. Maybe it’s my age
or maybe it’s the wisdom of Marian Burk Wood’s book Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past that has made me think again about all the beautiful sets of
crystal, silver, china, and even furniture that have been passed down to me.
Several years ago I started photographing the various
THINGS I have inherited so that my children would know what is valuable, what
has sentimental value, and what is basically trash. The April Challenge will force
me inspire me to get their stories written. The plan is to record whatever
story I know about the item - maybe something about the owner and how she used
it, maybe how I came to have it; if there is some history to the item, I can
research that.
Creativity will be applied to some of the letters as I do
not own any heirloom xylophones or zithers.
If you are up for the challenge of blogging every day for
one month - except on Sundays - you have until April 1 to register.
Wendy
©2018, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
©2018, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
That's a great idea, Wendy, looking forward to reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteGood for you, I ran out of ideas after my first year haha!
ReplyDeleteI have very few heirlooms, and I look forward to seeing how you write them up, and reading their stories.
Congratulations Wendy on your determination. I’ve done three and this year is just not on the radar.
ReplyDeleteHeirlooms is a great idea. Looking forward to your posts.
ReplyDeleteYou have so many beautiful things that have been handed down to you and I'm so jealous of that. I look forward to reading the stories as only you can write them.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to following your challenge - you always do such a great job!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds a wonderful theme.
ReplyDeleteA great theme, Wendy, and I look forward to reading your posts and seeing the range and beauty of your “heirlooms”. For various reasons I am giving the challenge a miss this year, but as usual it is fascinating to,see what other bloggers choose to write about. Good luck in keeping up.the pace!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, LOVE this and can't wait to read your posts. If I decide to take the challenge next year, I might have to borrow this theme. Have fun!
ReplyDeleteOh Boy!!! These are going to be great reads for the AtoZ'ers and a special record of your family heirlooms...to bad you don't have xylophones and zithers. Lucky me I have YoYo's and ZagZaggers!
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