WHEN A PICTURE IS NOT WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS!

     My mother was always, it seemed,  pinning or in some way attaching notes to family memorabilia. In a blue cobalt pitcher that was given me, the paper note is still inside of it explaining that it was a gift from a family member to my parents when they were married in 1932.

      Not only is it important to put names with pictures that we treasure, it also applies to material things. If an old vase has an interesting story behind it, somehow tell the story and put the information with it. Jokingly, for years, I have said that at least if one of your family members is going to put a family treasure in a garage sale, they will have some guilt if they are aware of the story behind it.

      Too many times we hear of someone coming across old family photos without any notations of who the people are. Proper notation applies to photos and all kinds of other family treasures!