Posts tagged keepsake
Graduation...Ideas & Lessons Learned

Many of us who have been through a graduation celebration can look back and smile...either because it was truly a joyous occasion or because it's over! For me, I think it was both. I laughed, I cried, I stressed and I learned things for the next time. Here are some of my photo projects from my first graduate.

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2021...we're ready!

Happy 2021! I was talking with my husband yesterday. He was back in the office after the holiday and he said that for some reason, it felt different with the calendar change. I kind of agree. I’m feeling really optimistic about the year ahead and am excited to dive into so many exciting things on the CYP agenda.

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Telling Your Graduate's Story: Ideas for the grad party

One year ago at this time, I was knee deep in emotion. My middle child, my only boy, was getting ready to graduate from high school. This wasn’t my first rodeo. I’d been through this grad party thing before with my oldest daughter, but like their personalities, it wasn’t the same.

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Take the picture...someday your kids will thank you

I will be the first to admit that I am not always camera ready when my mom wants to take a picture of me. My hair is messy, my skin is breaking out, or I didn’t get much sleep the night before. None of those things stop my mom from wanting to take the picture. “It’s for the memories,” she says with a big smile.

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ATTN: Parents of Graduates...you can't do this wrong

My middle child is graduating this year. In addition to the mom emotion of it all, I'm not gonna lie, finding and selecting pics to create graduation keepsakes has been rough. I'm comforted, however, by the fact that I can't do this wrong.

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5 steps to tackling the box: Conquer, then divide and share

Raise your hand if you have a box of old family photos residing in your basement, attic or maybe in the back of a closet. Raise your hand if you had intended to do something amazing with these family treasures, but...haven't. Raise your hand if the reason you haven't is because you just don't know how to get started. You're not alone. Getting started is the hardest part, so let's conquer that fear...

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