A Mother's Journal

by Mary Engelbreit

Book Overview

A beautifully illustrated hardbound journal designed to provide mothers with an opportunity to preserve family memories offers space to collect favorite stories and a personal history. 40,000 first... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0836246195
• ISBN13: 9780836246193
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Buy the newer Addition!

I agree w/many of the reviews, this is a great book to pass down to your children. However, I couldn't decide between 2 of ME's "mother's journals" and ordered both. Upon receipt I found this journal to be ALMOST IDENTICAL to her "A Mother's Keepsake Journal" which is the 2004 edition as opposed to this one from the 90s. The few differences, which I found to be changes for the better: (1)The pages are not all white and have colored backgrounds (like scrapbook pages), (2)It is smaller, a more "journal size" than this one which is the size of a large magazine, and (3)It is spiral bound which makes it 100 times easier to write in. I definitely hope you read this review and buy the newer one, but this one has the same information so would generally be adequate.

Wonderful book.!The best baby book/journal ever!!!!

I received this journal 7 yrs ago and have found this to be the best baby book/journal that I have ever seen! I wish I had one for myself for my childhood. I now have a total of 4 of them. One for each child and give them as gifts often to others. I intend to give these to my kids when they get married. I know they will be meaningful to them. This book if easy to fill out and will really give your child some wonderful childhood memories as well as information/stories about their parents and grandparents. This is a great investment. If you don't have one your child is missing out.

Passing on family history

If you like to write, and you want to pass on your family history, this is a great book. Not only do you pass on fun stories and activities about yourself and the baby's father, but the child's grandparents and great-grandparents as well. Plus, it should become a treasure for your child to pass on to his/her children. I had fun writing it and sharing with my husband what I wrote. I even took the note pages in the back and wrote about how the delivery went, and my thoughts & feelings as a new mother. Great book.

Wonderful!

Years ago, my sister-in-law gave me this book as a gift. I have since purchased 3 more (one book for each of my children). The author does a wonderful job at initiating memories to share with your children. My mother died while I was pregnant with my oldest son, so there are a lot of unanswered questions that I never thought to ask her when I was childless. I have enjoyed writing my stories for my children to read one day. The book has sections on family history, pregnancy, school, vacations, your hopes for your child's life and more. I just love this book and have given it as a gift to many people!