This, That And The Family Thing
To Send Parenting Advice to Future Self, Hit 'Send'
FutureMe.org is an electronic time capsule.
What would your younger parent self say to your older parent self, if the two could time travel to talk to each other? You can arrange a meeting of your young mom and older mom minds without a time machine. All you need is a computer, email, and an Internet connection to a website called FutureMe.org. This website is the electronic version of a time capsule in written form. Take the adorable stories you wrote in your child's baby book, or would have written if you weren't bleary eyed from lack of sleep, and send them from yourself in young motherhood to yourself in grandmotherhood. Write yourself an email and you will receive it on the date you designate. Oh, and by the way, there's an app for that. Are you the sort of mom who documents …
Cindy
12:40 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012
Hi Elissa, I loved the part about how will my daughter survive with a klutz for a mother like me? Oh, she's so lucky to have you. I think sending emails to the future to be stored on a website is a fascinating idea. Now you'll have me thinking all afternoon. Another great column! more ›