Being a father is special. As with most parents, we were extremely excited to welcome our first born into our family. And 2 1/2 years later, welcome a daughter. The perfect family…a boy and a girl. While life has not been perfect, we have many fond memories of our children growing up, playing sports, graduating…
Author: Arlene Watkins
View a Year Later
By June 1, 2020, staying home was routine. I started to focus on scanning my mother’s photobooks. It took many hours to scan all eleven of them…and many more hours to enter the information available for each picture into my desktop software. A year later, I am finishing the last book. Of course, I have…
Birthdays
Birthdays are special! You remember the excitement of welcoming new life to your family…you experience the overwhelming joy…and responsibility! Today is our son’s birthday. Forty-one years ago, we had a beautiful baby boy! Our first child, something we had been hoping and dreaming of for several years. This year James would be 41. While we…
Ten Questions to ask yourself about your photos?
I’m sure you are like me and have priceless pictures of your kids, grandkids, grandparents or a favorite picture of your pet. Then you need to ask yourself these questions? Are my photos backed up? Is the cloud storage I use temporary or permanent? Are my photos and stories easy to access across multiple devices?…
Mother’s Day – 2021
We all know that Mother’s Day is a special day set aside to honor our mothers. We usually celebrate our mothers with cards, breakfast in bed or a gift. Or we remember our mothers and grandmothers who have passed. It is a day that I celebrate our daughter and grandchildren. This year, I also celebrate…
Bereaved Mother’s Day
We all know that Mother’s Day is a special day each year that celebrates our mothers with cards, breakfast in bed or a gift. It’s a day set aside to honor our mothers. However, have you ever thought about mothers who have lost a child? Did you know there is a Bereaved Mother’s Day? Bereaved…
National Scrapbook Day and Heritage-Memories Open House Zoom event
Join me on May 1, 2021, between 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. Central Time (US and Canada) as we celebrate National Scrapbook Day and begin the journey to “Capture Our Life Stories” one step at a time (Class begins at 10:15 a.m.). Each week, a topic will be introduced. As you write the stories, you…
Memories
Our granddaughter was four and a half when my mother, her Great-Grandma Velma passed away in April, 2011. Just the other day, she shared her memories of visiting great-grandma every week, swimming at her retirement center pool and going out to dinner with her. We were blessed to have 4 generations for four and a…
It’s been six years!
Every day, I think about our son, James Watkins III. I remember the passion he had for sports in spite of his size; the passion he had for music and the love he shared with his niece. In October 2016, as we prepared for the holidays, I asked our granddaughter what she wanted for Christmas;…
First Day of Spring
Spring is my favorite time of the year. Flowers bloom, trees bud, grass turns green after the spring rain. Many animals are born in spring and birds come back from their winter home. I can once again spend my morning meditation time outside. And of course, it is tornado season our area. I’ve always been…