Garden of Thought

I was just thinking on the recent post of what she encountered during her day from senmut - it reminded me of when my children were younger and we kept a little pocket spiral notebook for each one, labeled "(Name)'s Senses Journal".

Every now and then we'd pull theirs out and sit down with them to have them answer "What do you touch/taste/feel/smell/see", writing the answers down absolutely verbatim. They are absolute joys to read over now - especially the ones from when they were toddlers, or when they were talking to their siblings at the same time they were answering. ("I see a....NO! That's MINE!...Mooooom, tell him that's mine.") They're all teens now and we filled the little books up when they were in later grade school, they reside in our fire-safe now and are still enjoyed, they're that precious. Just an idea, for those of you whose lives involve small children.