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Thank you

~Robyn~

It's that time of the year!

"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe" ~ Anatole France

It's that time of year again where students are graduating all over the country in the months of May and early June. Some students are off to college and some are off to find employment, either way they begin a new chapter in their lives.

Both parents and children will be trying to adjust to their new roles in life. Remembering, that little boy or girl who grew up before their eyes, needing them for all their basic and not so basic needs are all grown up with a strong need of independence, an opinion and a mind of their own. They are planning their futures, reaching for the highest mountains and not settling for less. Where did the time go?

We have clients who are giving their children a video montage to celebrate their lives as a graduate gift; they are bonding over their choice of music and photos. Their children are shocked at all the souvenirs Mom and Dad kept, the locks of hair, all the report cards, school papers, poems, the badges and trophies. The fun and emotions going through 17 years of celebrations with your child alone is a precious memory.

I can remember my own mother giving me my box of treasures, I was so surprised at what she kept; she had kept all my report cards from Kindergarten to when I graduated high school and every school badge I won was there too and so much more. I was pleased, flattered and so grateful that Mom had done this and carried it with her to each time we moved.

Even for those who are not doing a video montage for your graduating student, you can still bond over photos and souvenirs, you might want to bring some tissue just in case.

I've been busy but I swear I'll post something worthwhile soon!

I promise to post something more soon, we've been so busy with work this month that blogging my experience has taken a back seat. I've been thinking about adding new features to this blog and some entertaining things as well, but stay tuned I'll post soon.

Mother's Day Special Extended

After much success with the Mother's Day Special we decided to extend it for a few more weeks. I was surprised by the number of requests and pleased, I'm guessing it has to do with Mom's and their roles and impact in our lives.

I remember all the wonderful mother touches that my own mom has. Everything she does and makes is the best. Nobody cooks Christmas dinner like her, though my husband comes close (shh don't tell). Nobody makes spaghetti and meat sauce like her either. When I was young and she would do my laundry it was always perfect and smelled so good.

Mom's are true heroines, they are either raising the family and working outside the home or raising the family and working inside the home. Either way they're busy and underpaid.

So I hope some of you will take advantage of our promotion for your moms, I can promise you that we will create something really special and memorable for her. She'll cry and you probably will too but that's ok, you're with mom.

Thanks for coming by!

Robyn

New Photo Montage!

Here is one of our shows created for a 30th Birthday!

I do hope you enjoy it!

Tidbits and a Mother's Day Special!

Well, what can I say, life has been very good for us here at Memories In Hand. We just completed five new video montages all for birthdays all at different stages of peoples lives, it was great!! The feedback received from our clients was just wonderful and encouraging. I'm very lucky, I get to do what I love and it's appreciated by my clients too!

I found out that a site saw our Pet Memorial for Reme the K9 and and it has helped promote that aspect of our business. So I really must thank Kelly Roberts from Pet Memorials, for posting our video, you can find the link here.


Now for Mothers Day, I will be posting this special on our website in the next few days, all orders placed before April 1st 2008 for a Mothers Day Montage, will get a 10% discount on their show. Your Mom will love this, don't wait and miss out on the discount!

Thanks for coming by!

Robyn

New Video

We've completed a new birthday video that'd I'd like to share with you all. This was a nice project, it was great to see the birthday boy's life evolve before my eyes and get to know his family and friends.

Please tell me what you think, all comments are welcome!

Robyn