Lessons Learned from a Fridge Full of Drawings
Our refrigerator has become a gallery of sorts, a colorful showcase of my children’s creativity and imagination. It’s a chaotic yet heartwarming collection of…
Keepsakes & Memory-Keeping
The Corner of the Table Where I Finally Write Things Down
For years I meant to write our family stories down and never did. What changed was not more discipline, but a small corner that was ready whenever I was.
Read this entryThe measuring wall
The doorframe where we mark them every year. A few of the entries that left a pencil line.
Siblings and Their Unscripted Adventures
There is something deeply enchanting about the way siblings interact, a blend of chaos and camaraderie that creates an atmosphere unlike any other. In…
Finding Magic in the Mundane
There are days when the world outside feels heavy, a weight pressing down on the ordinary. Life has a conspicuous way of wearing its…
Chapters of an ordinary week
Everything we write about, sorted the way a family actually lives it.
JS
A note from the kitchen table
I started writing these down the year I realized I couldn't quite remember what her voice sounded like at two.
So now I keep the small stuff on purpose. This is where it lives, in case you are keeping some of your own.
Jessica SteffyMom, writer, keeper of the doorframe
The gallery wall
The frames that made it out of the phone and onto the hallway.
Lately in the journal
The most recent pages, still warm.
Handwritten Letters and Other Keepsakes from My Kids
There is something particularly heartwarming about receiving a handwritten letter from my children. In an age…
Snapshots of Joy: The Story Behind Our Family Photos
Every family has their own collection of photographs that tell a story, a visual diary chronicling…
The Art of Keeping Childhood Memories Alive
As I sit in my living room, a few late afternoon rays filtering through the dusty…