My mindful mama, Linda V. Lewis, kept the most beautiful, poetic, detailed, love-ful scrap books. I still have ’em, all of ’em, and they’re better than any memoir or diary could be. 

So it was with emotional wonder that, now 34 years old, I happen upon my lovely friend (who I’ve only met once, but she is an amazing artiste community superheroine) Joana Smith’s artful family scrapbooks on the lovely mindfulmamamagazine.com. Wow.