Creating Heirlooms

http://familytreemagazine.com/article/pay-it-forward

This article surprised me because it talks about how to "create heirlooms." I always thought of family heirlooms as something that became important to it's original owner either through a meaningful way of acquiring the object (such as a gift or rare item or special meaning) or an item that just happened to mean a lot to someone and then that meaning became remembered by their family after death. This articles suggestions range from things that seem like traditional heirloom practices, like creating a scrapbook of important memories, to buying store bought plates and displaying them in your home so your family will associate them with you. For some reason, buying or making things with the intention of them becoming family heirlooms seems somehow insincere to me.

Posted by Briana Lynch