tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post4969353661097921168..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: Joyful MemoriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-14784239781871150402013-12-14T12:35:11.386-08:002013-12-14T12:35:11.386-08:00beautiful story leigh…so beautiful! beautiful story leigh…so beautiful! susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042148214344308580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-54421820105297971082013-12-12T10:37:58.117-08:002013-12-12T10:37:58.117-08:00oh my heart leigh. what a wonderful story to tell...oh my heart leigh. what a wonderful story to tell your children. what a special tradition. see...this is what i love about christmas. these wonderful memories. thank you so much for the warm fuzzy today. xoxokellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153095149911030832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-20616522944643085022013-12-11T10:41:44.873-08:002013-12-11T10:41:44.873-08:00Lovely story! Mrs. Carmichael and her family were ...Lovely story! Mrs. Carmichael and her family were very special people and they created such wonderful memories for you. Way back in 1976 when my first child was born I started the tradition of buying ornaments for them. Later, I began to cross stitch their ornaments each year. I still continue stitching them ornaments and now stitch one for each of my grandsons. This year the ornament is a stocking shape with a train engine stitched on it. I love the tradition, although I wish I wouldn't wait until the last moment to start! That's a tradition I should break! Cathy H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10779935742253650385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-75548535006094501342013-12-11T08:40:59.094-08:002013-12-11T08:40:59.094-08:00Wonderful! Such a small gesture with such powerful...Wonderful! Such a small gesture with such powerful results. I know you treasure these and rightly so. What a special person and now, what a special family. Thanks so much for sharing this. It's a joyful story to remember as I travel through my day.Dottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-29734497018839207052013-12-11T07:29:17.798-08:002013-12-11T07:29:17.798-08:00Well, first of all, I had a hard time getting past...Well, first of all, I had a hard time getting past the first line where you said you were three years old in 1978! But I'm so glad I did because this is such a wonderful post! What a special woman Mrs. Carmichael was! To have continued that tradition and then to have passed it on to her family is quite amazing! When my boys were small, I also gave them an ornament every year with their names and dates on them. Each year when we would get them out to put them on the tree, they would remember their own and how old they were when they got them. This past Christmas, I had the somewhat sad duty of boxing each boy's ornaments up for them to display on their own trees. I miss all those ornaments and somehow my tree lacks a little personality now but I am hoping that this tradition will be passed on to their children. Since my grandchildren were born, they have also received their own ornament every year from us. It's a lovely tradition and one I'm glad I started, waaaaay back in 1978 when my first child was born. Thanks for telling this story, Leigh. terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-44480878264618207032013-12-11T05:22:52.183-08:002013-12-11T05:22:52.183-08:00what a wonderful person mrs. carmichael was, and t...what a wonderful person mrs. carmichael was, and then her family continuing the tradition. they are truly, trull special people.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049463440095119744noreply@blogger.com