Season for Family

A community of women finding time for family connections.

Photo Shoot on the Sabbath

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Family history involves preserving the present. One way my siblings, cousins, and I would do this was through photo shoots on the sabbath! We would gather at our house, walk down the road to the Laie Hawaii Temple or drive to a beach and taken photos together. My sister was the talented photographer behind all of our amazing photos and she captured our lives perfectly in those photos.

As we have all grown and lived our lives, we now have the opportunity to look back and share the stories at the time through the images taken. I’m forever grateful that photography is around to preserve the joyfulness of my family’s life.

Use whatever skills you have to make family history work your own. And never forget how important it is to actively look to the past and consistently preserve our present.

🧡Miya // @thepolynesiangenealogist
đź“·: Teylon Wilson @haliilani

Letters: Preserving our words

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Woman Looking At Letter In Keepsake Box On Desk

Recently we were packing up some things in our home and I came across some letters and notes that my husband and I had written to each other when we were dating and first married. I found myself tearful as I remembered those sweet time we had together; just the two of us. I found myself falling in love all over again. I was so grateful I had preserved these special memories to visit again and again.

This Sunday for #familyhistoryonthesabbath, I encourage you to take some time to find old letters, cards, or even journals to read or share with your family. Maybe you have a letter from your grandma when you were a child, an old birthday card, old e-mails stored on your e-mail account, love notes, missionary letters, or if you are lucky letters written from ancestors.

Get them out! Read through them! How can you preserve these letters for the next generation? When I was a teenager I glued all the letters and cards I had saved (starting at my baptism) into a large notebook with blank pages. When I was feeling down or struggling I would read through them and remember how much I was loved and all the good that people saw in me.

Now, get out some new paper and write your own letters as a family! Sunday is the perfect day to connect with those you love. Who in your family needs to hear from you? Who might be lonely or struggling? What grandparents need a sweet picture and note from a grandchild to hang on their fridge? What child needs to hear how much you love them?

Don’t let these precious memories and feelings get forgotten! Family history is about connecting with our family; past and present.

When have the written words of others blessed your life or your families?


Remember, every week we will share a simple idea for bringing family history into your home on the Sabbath day. If you have ideas that you would like us to share, tag @seasonforfamily in your post and use the hashtag #familyhistoryonthesabbath If you have a private account, screenshot your post and send it to us, or simply message us what you are doing and we will share your message!

KAYLA BERRETT

IG: @kaylaberrett

Digitizing

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This weeks #familyhistoryonthesabbath idea is coming from the discussions that have been going on in our Season for Family Facebook Group! If you haven’t joined, please join us! We are hoping that it will be a great place for sharing ideas, getting help, helping others and just cheering each other on in our family history journey! To join us, visit —> facebook.com/groups/seasonforfamily

There are several women on the Facebook Group including myself that are working on digitizing! This includes scanning photos, newspaper clippings, documents, recipes, etc. This is a GREAT way to participate in family history. It also does not have to be overly difficult or time consuming. Did you know that you can even scan documents with your phone??

Later today in the Facebook Group, I am going to show you my “station” that I have set up in my room. I have tons to digitize with not a lot of time available, so my strategy has been to create a small space that is set up and ready to go. This way, I can sit down and work on it only 10-15 minutes at a time, making it FIT into my busy schedule.

Share your digitizing tips and tricks below! What scanners or apps do you use? Do you have any questions about digitizing?

Remember, every week we will share a simple idea for bringing family history into your home on the Sabbath day. We would LOVE for you to share your ideas, tag @seasonforfamily in your Instagram post and use the hashtag #familyhistoryonthesabbath

To help us not be on social media all Sunday, we will share your ideas on the following Saturday night or Sunday morning in our stories. They will then be available for viewing on Sunday.

CAROLYNN REYNOLDS

branchesart.com
IG: @branches.art