| "What was I like as a baby?" | | | | time she went through a car wash). |
| All moms know how their kids' eyes light up when | | | | Siblin-Librach's writing style is elegant, perfectly |
| they hear stories about themselves as babies and | | | | capturing the depth of emotion that all mothers feel |
| young children. | | | | at one point or another. We are in good hands with a |
| All moms also know that when a mother takes the | | | | natural-born poet and mother who will lead us into |
| time to record these precious stories in written form, | | | | creating and recording the lyrics of our own lives. |
| she preserves a mystery and a magic that is | | | | Part of the beauty of this book is the way |
| impossible to recapture any other way. | | | | Siblin-Librach makes it simple to write these life |
| Still, even the most well-intentioned of us (myself | | | | stories, whether or not you have ever enjoyed the |
| included) have a hard time following through when | | | | process of writing in the past. The book is equally |
| we have something we wish to write down, | | | | helpful in bringing back memories you may have |
| particularly those everyday details that make up our | | | | thought were gone, just in case your baby has |
| lives. Sometimes we are swept away by the daily | | | | grown. |
| tasks of motherhood and sometimes we are simply | | | | Siblin-Librach opens each chapter with incisive |
| too deep in the enjoyment of the experience itself | | | | questions to prompt your writing, followed by sample |
| to take the time out to write about it just then. | | | | letters from her own family. These examples can |
| Sometimes it all seems too much to do, but more | | | | really help you to get an idea of all the different |
| often it is a gentle ebbing away of the time. | | | | ways you can take a particular letter. The author |
| In Love, Mommy: Writing Love Letters to Your Baby, | | | | includes notes to parents about how to write the |
| Judy Siblin-Librach leads us on a journey that helps us | | | | letter, as well as tips and ideas to keep you inspired |
| capture the major milestones (the birth story, the | | | | in this grand task. This book helps us to record the |
| first day at school) as well as those that may not | | | | specific stories and memories, as well as the deeper |
| immediately come to mind (the first time your child | | | | story: the wisdom, the life lessons and the wishes |
| caught a baseball, the way her hugs felt, the first | | | | you have for your child. |