Three years ago it was daughter Amy, when I made this book for her (on my sidebar). Now it's son Mark's turn!
He makes the math easy for me: at 30 years younger than I am, I add 3 years to his age to figure out Amy's age. I do like how easy he makes it for me!
Anyway....
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(Click here to view the book, and then click on the book, after which
you then click on "Full Screen" in the top-right corner.)
The book is 11 x 14 inches, 77 pages. And, yes, it covers 50 years of his life,
as told through MY eyes...the eyes of his mother. It's now added to my side bar, above Amy's.
However, it's not at all like the book I did for his sister, which was historical and chronological.
This is how I explained it to him in my Introduction:
This isn't a history of you, per se, nor a chronological anthology of events,
stories or memories, making up 50 years of the life you've lived.
Rather, this is more of a smorgasbord of ingredients making up the delicious
bits and pieces of your life that makes me, your mom, LIKE who you are.
How can a mother not LOVE her son! Indeed. But it's the LIKING of all
these 50 bits and pieces that makes me smile at you with great pride and joy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Mark Daniel Tiffan!
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Such a treasure! A wonderful gift to your boy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Marie. It was important to me to me to honor this landmark for him, even though it wasn't a full history of his life as seen through my eyes (as I did for Amy).
DeleteWhat is this a fine book to remember
ReplyDeleteHartstikke bedankt, Marjolein!
DeleteHow wonderful! It looks beautiful. I wish I could see it bigger. Even on my iPad it’s too small to read or see the photos well. Happy 50th to our dear “boy”!
ReplyDeleteWell, you would indeed need a large monitor, Ruth, to see it properly! But at least it’s done and you get the gist if it. Thank you for trying and making this comment.
DeleteHappy birthday, Mark. And I think it is great to have a book that is like “memory lane”. A lot happens in 50 years and this will help with the memory, you know it starts failing after a certain age ;) . GInnie, I think you did a great job to make this a unique book to keep. IHVJ.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, of course, Astrid! You are always the one who sees the process and who cheers me on, for which I do thank you sincerely.
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