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Yesterday, Today
and Tomorrow
Preserving Memories with a Family Time Capsule
By Mark Stackpole
A lock of hair from his first haircut. A ticket stub from the first movie you went to as a family. A souvenir photo from your favorite amusement park. Small tokens that represent events that you swore you would never forget. But even if you did forget them, at least you have those tiny reminders. Unless you forget where you put those, too. Then you have to spend the rest of your life asking, "Whatever happened to that thing we got from that place that we went to that time?"
Are you going to trust a memory like that to store a lifetime's worth of experiences? And what if you actually wanted to pass some of those sentimental treasures on to your children and your children's children? The solution is simple – protect them from time (and your faulty memory) by creating a time capsule for your children containing all the stuff that would otherwise drift away.
If you are not especially creative or don't have any shoeboxes, there are plenty of companies that offer time capsule kits. If you are more technology oriented, you can even make an online time capsule containing pictures and letters. Of course, you will want to establish a date for the opening of the family time capsule. Milestones work especially well: his 18th birthday, her leaving for college, a wedding. The best day is any day that is going to make you nostalgic for all the days that came before and went by too quickly.
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