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It’s Tuesday, and time again for another Tuesday Tradition. I never really knew if I could keep this going, but doing this has taught me that my husband and I are fairly intentional with the things that we do as a family and happen to have lots of traditions to share. I know that you, dear readers, have something that you could share – so why wait? There is so much to learn from each other. (See Mr. Linky below if you want to join today.)
With that said, today’s tradition was started by my loving husband in ‘02. He has taught me so many things. One thing is having open communication with each other is essential. It’s not that hard for me because he is my best friend and I want to tell him everything, but when life deals me a stinky card and I forget about who I love the most, sometimes communication gets thrown out the window.
So, we have this red book that sits on our dresser. It was a gift from him for my birthday in ‘02 and it is a beautifully stamped, red, leather-bound book with handmade paper, pressed with real flowers and a cord that keeps it shut tight. I know exactly where he bought it, it’s from our favorite store that we always like to go window shop. We write notes in it to each other. The good, the bad and the ugly. It’s all here. It’s mostly mushy stuff, you know the kind of stuff that you hid your eyes from when you were 5. Sure, we let it go for a while, but the reminder of our openness to whatever the other person wants to say is right there greeting us every day.
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It is a pretty book! We just use a regular spiral-bound notebook with our girls. Something about men’s handwriting though, one year I was cleaning out a drawer and I found a letter from my grandfather. It didn’t say much, but the minute I saw his handwriting-I was crushed to tears-he was such a wonderful grandpa. Love your Tuesday traditions! Keep sharing!
By Sweet Blessings on 02.10.09 5:08 am | Permalink
This is so amazingly sweet! Thank you for the bday wishes! And yes that fabric was an african batik! I just thought it was so pretty, plus butterflies make me think of Kristin
Have a wonderful week!
By Becky on 02.11.09 4:09 am | Permalink
You do have a sweet man. I love this! Your journal is beautiful.
I see you are having fun too with foto fusion. I still haven’t figured that all out.
You captured your pictures so well and I love the writing upclose…Hmm maybe we can read just a little bit and try not to blush. : )
By Beth@Pages of Our Life on 02.12.09 12:11 am | Permalink
Oh my gosh, I love this idea. My husband actively works at being more romantic and continually tries to do things for me. I’m going to forward him this post. Thanks for the idea!
And thanks for sharing with BPOTW!
By BPOTW on 02.14.09 5:18 am | Permalink
Thats a terrific idea, a great way to keep up the communication and to keep it fresh.
By Brenda on 02.14.09 9:00 pm | Permalink
great idea to pass on traditions! I’ve posted one that we started with my stepkids. they love it!
By bettyl on 02.18.09 1:16 am | Permalink
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I appreciate your comments!