I keep this special box next to my bed, under the nightstand. I don't open it a lot because, well, it's sort of magical. I know that sounds silly, but if you use something that's magic too much, doesn't it lose the magic a little bit?
I open this box when I'm having the worst of days, when I'm doubting myself, when I need a reminder that I'm loved. In it are all the meaningful letters and cards I've received over the years--some recent, some ten years old.
Words are so powerful, and the letters and cards in this box all mean the world to me, so much that I don't know what I'd do if something happened to them.
I rarely ever make it to the bottom of the box, because after just a few of these letters, I remember that I am loved and not alone.
After looking through this, I realize that I need to write more of these letters because they're so simple yet meaningful, and I bet that they mean just as much to others as they do to me.
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Hey! That's my handwriting!!! :-)
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That is a beautiful, magical box you have indeed. I think it was during a Bible study video session that Beth Moore said we need to WRITE notes, not just think them of other people. :) You are blessed with some awesome friends and family!!
Awesome pictures. How smart you were to keep those letters. I'm going to buy my daughter a pretty box for her to keep hers in.
What beautiful letters and what great memories, too.
I have a VERY similar box that I considered posting about but then decided to go another way.
And you're right, totally full of magic! : )
I save letters too, but I don't have a great box like that...love that idea. Great capture!
It is a lost art-form. I guess we blog instead now.
ALways nice to go back and read those. I love your last shot with those dreamy effects.
I think everyone should have a box like that. Perfect!
How wonderful is that???
great job!
Absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Erin, I love this!
Steph
Great captures! And I love your magical box! I should make one for myself-I love saving stuff like that!
That's a great idea. And I love how that last picture turned out.
Love your magical box! That is a very neat idea. Great Letters!
THIS was such a lovely post! great capture
yep, and we use email so much now that we rarely send beautiful letters and cards like these to have as keepsakes. you have a real treasure here. the box is beautiful also. did you make it?
i have my you capture post up now, so come on by The Shadow of the Cross and check it out. i'd love to have you visit :O).
Love, love, love this.
Aw, What a terrific idea. And what beautiful photos. Thank you for sharing a little bit of the magic with us. :-)
This is truly beautiful and so very special! It inspires me to dig out some of my "special" letters. Only I don't have such a cool box.
That is an awesome thing to have and reflect on! Love it :)
I need to start one of these! thanks for such a great idea!
What a wonderful, magical box! Lovely captures and a lovely post :)
This is such a wonderful, wonderful set of photographs. I wish I'd kept cards and letters this way. What a beautiful bunch of memories you must have bundled in those boxes!
PS - The magical thing makes sense to me! I'm due the same week you are and I won't say the names we've decided on out loud too often because they seem a little...sacred. Like if I say it out loud, it will turn out my belly has been playing tricks on me and there is no baby.
I sound neurotic, but anyway, the magic makes sense to me =)
What a special box! I love your interpretation of this week's You Capture! I also have a special box full of notes and letters that I treasure so much :)
What a wonderful box to have. You are completely right at the end of this post - I feel inspired. Writing letters to people we love to let them know slips with all these fancy electronic ways of communicating and it is so important.
I love that you treasure a card from me! And I love you.
I have a card/letter box, too. Actually I have two of the same size as yours, they contain all the cards/letters that I have gotten since I was born that I think are SO special (uh, I am not sentimental enough to save every card/letter I get)...they are so peaceful to look at it; those special ones!
That last shot is so mesmerizing!
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So amazing! Such a great way to keep memories. we love that PBS show Franny's Feet and my daughter made a treasure box to keep special items in... so fun!
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