What's new with you?

Ok, here's one. I had dropped off my youngest in preschool, rushed to a class at the University, and barely made it back to be the last parent to pick up their child. There was my Jacob standing with his teacher patiently waiting for me, and as soon as he saw me, he ran down the hill into my waiting bear hug, exclaiming, "Whenever I see you Mommy, my heart pops out!"

Yup, that's a sweet memory. I try so hard to write all those down...on the back of a receipt, or a paper napkin, is usually where it lands. "We do not remember days; we remember moments" (Cesare Pavese, The Burning Brand), and those moments I never want to fade away. It's definitely not easy to capture everything...but it is important to capture something, and then reflect on, those memories that make us feel positive, good, happy. Some of you have more happy memories than others...but much of how we feel about ourselves is what we choose to focus on about our past. That's why I want to dedicate this blog to the sweet memories in our lives, and what we do to preserve those memories so we can easily reflect on them.

So for this week, since we're heading into the freshness of Spring, I want to focus on a moment when everything was brand new, turned upside down, completely different...maybe a new job, a new family member, a new house (that's us in our very bare living room a few years ago). Sure, lots of stress whenever there's something new...but it's also a time to start over, start fresh, recommit and regroup. Just take a big breath, and smell the fresh air (if you can). When we were building this house with two very young girls in tow, all I really remember is always trying to make sure that no one picked up a rusty nail, and no one fell down the open staircase...you worry a lot as a mom. But I also remember the smell of the 2x4s and the fresh dirt all around the foundation...and all over my children...and their huge smiles. It was scary to take out a mortgage...but you know, it was an adventure. What's new in your life? And how are you going to make it GREAT instead of another source of stress?

So that's my start to this blog. Next time I'll tell you more about my favorite digital scrapbooking software,My Memories Suite by Polaroid (did I mention that I'm really biased?), because I want to show you how easy and fast it is preserve your memories so you don't feel the "mom" guilt for not doing anything with your photos and videos, those memories that mean so much. But for now, you can check out clips from our new infomercial on the link below..and I'll catch you later!

http://www.mymemoriessuite.tv/