At our first activity each of the girls filled out a time capsule worksheet about themselves. We sealed them in an envelope marked "Open on 12th Birthday". When each girl turns 12 I will return their envelope so that they may read it. I hope reading it will help them to remember who they were and what they enjoyed when they were 8. It will be so fun for them to see how much they've changed and grown in just 4 years.
We made Journal Jars at our next activity. It was a lot of fun for me to hear the girls read and answer some of the questions they put into the jars. I learned so much about your girls that day. We read a story about a little girl whose sister was killed in a bicycle accident. She was able to go back in her journal and read about a day she had spent with her sister before the accident. Reading that helped her to feel as if her sister was with her again and gave her a sweet feeling. I know that writing in their journals will be a blessing in their lives and hope that you will encourage your daughter to do it each day.
“begin today and write … your goings and your comings, your deeper thoughts, your achievements, and your failures, your associations and your triumphs, your impressions and your testimonies. We hope you will do this, … for this is what the Lord has commanded, and those who keep a personal journal are more likely to keep the Lord in remembrance in their daily lives.” Spencer W. Kimball
