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The recipe with flour on the page
I made the thickest cookies on the tray and claimed that was intentional. Mom helped me roll the next batch thinner. My sister kept the score, as usual.
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LITTLE THINGS. LASTING STORIES.
Artwork & keepsakes.
Crayon drawings, painted ballparks, paper gardens and two sample school reports. A recipe in familiar handwriting. The glove he saved up for. A photo keeps the object; your words keep its meaning.
A picture, a person, a little context.
Save a photo, name who made or owned it, and add any year or age you remember. An exact original date isn’t needed.
This fictional collection shows family-shared items and Avatar Son’s private keepsakes. Uploading your own items happens in your real account.Our collected treasures.
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The year her confidence bloomed
I asked what she was most proud of, and she talked about helping someone else finish a project. That sounded exactly like her. We kept the report with her artwork so the year had more than one kind of memory.
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The little house she built
She gave me a tiny room and asked what it was missing. I said a guitar, so she made one from a scrap of card. That is the detail I look for whenever we open this photograph together.
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The pages I don't show anyone yet
I started a sketchbook with no plan to make it good. Some pages are guitar designs and some are people on the bus. I like having a place where trying something doesn't need an audience.
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A garden made of paper
She asked me to hold one flower while the glue dried. I thought it would take a moment, but she had very precise instructions. Helping with one little stem made me feel part of her whole garden.
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More than the marks on the page
I was proud of the things that had become easier since September. There were still things to practise, too. The part I wanted to keep was knowing my family noticed how hard I had tried that year.
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The ballpark, in my own colours
I painted the field the way I remembered it, with more green than would fit on the page. Mixing the brown paint was my favourite part. I was nine and wanted to give every player a place.
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Four people, one enormous sun
I drew our family in first grade. The sun got bigger every time I added another yellow line. Dad says the picture still makes him smile, which is why I wanted everyone to have a copy.
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Our family of four
Dad says I kept asking when she could play catch. I do remember carrying my favourite picture book over and showing her every page, very slowly.
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