....Is a Shared Journal
and is probably
unlike any book you have read or seen before now. It functions somewhat like a
journal, but it is much more. Within these pages, you and your child will become
authors of a family treasure: a book of shared love. Here is a place where you
can remember to express your deep admiration for your children and celebrate
their character, strengths, talents, and uniqueness. This book also provides an
opportunity for you and your child to read and know your own beauty as seen
through another person's eyes.
Because Love Notes To You can become a family keepsake, I recommend you share
your feelings and thoughts individually with each child in his or her own book.
This way, every child will have a personal book to keep and hand down from
generation to generation. Each book can be a loving communication tool used by
one or both parents and a child. It can also include Love Notes from
grandparents, brothers, sisters, other relatives, and family friends.
This book can be used in many other ways. It is designed to hold empowering
words to inspire anyone you care about, not just your own children. You can
create separate books for other people you hold dear. Grandparents may want
their own book as a sharing between grandparents and a grandchild. As an adult,
you can share a book with your partner, sister, brother, parent, or lifetime
friend. You can also write to a child you have a special bond with or a young
person who needs a role model and direction through praise. Let your heart be
your guide and use this book as a means to enhance and create beautiful
relationships.
The possibilities are unlimited in the creation of your book. You can build
strong bonds of communication, repair communication patterns that are not
working, or revitalize neglected relationships. By participating in this book,
contributors can learn to express themselves more freely regardless of age.
The genuine words you write can be important in building your child's
self-esteem. Each time children receive a negative statement about themselves it
takes many positive statements just to neutralize that one negative statement.
Since most teaching focuses on what a person does wrong, your child needs your
positive words. Happiness comes from within and high self-esteem is probably the
most important asset your child can possess. Your positive reinforcement by
writing allows your child to read of his or her magnificence over and over
again.
Don't be shy about sharing your desire for your children to participate and
write to you. This sharing of the love you have for one another is what makes
Love Notes To You unique. These pages are lovingly open to your child to write
his or her own feelings. A child can also speak his or her thoughts so that
another person can lovingly record.
If you have any doubts about your writing ability, don't let them hold you back.
No one will judge your writing when it comes from your heart. Give yourself the
freedom to express your love however the words flow onto the page.
