Creating a Time Capsule =)

Caught in the hustle and bustle of life, we normally do not have time or energy meet our friends and talk to them at length, to find out what is happening in their lives, know their friends, share experiences and moments with many people.  Enter Internet and Facebook.  Depending on the privacy level you set to your profile and amount of information / photographs / vidoes you input, friends have a chance to have an idea on your life and it's happenings.  It is all thanks to these amazing mediums that we can know more about people who we want to stay connected in our lives.

It is through Facebook that I was browsing through some entries of people whom I know.  Shoutouts about life.  Grin.  New born baby.  Smile.  What are these?  Photographs capturing an ex-student by her mother.  Wow!

The photographs show Andrea and her sister opening up a "Time Capsule" - this one is a simple shoe box with items placed in it from a couple of years ago when she was in the early stage of her primary school life.  Great memories for her, they must be.  Great idea!  I can do the same for my children!  I can just envisage the joy they will have years later when they open their own capsules up when they are ten or twenty-one!  No, wait!  It is going to be much more meaningful if they open their own up during their wedding ceremony!  Ha!  Idea is set.  First, let me research a little on the topic...

Wikipedia offers a wealth of information.  A search on the website say "A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with future people and to help future archaeologists, anthropologists, and/or historians. Time capsules are sometimes created and buried during celebrations such as a World Fair, a cornerstone laying for a building, or at other events."

A big mouthful.  Another website suggests that I consider using a sturdy box as the capsule.  Good idea!  I definitely do not need the things in them crushed on the day they open the capsule!  It further recommends keeping some form of note in them and to set a 'unveiling date'.  Need to think about it!  No food, drinks or liquids!  Check!

Now, it is back to the drawing board to decide what items to include in the capsule.  I'll have a think about it.  Any suggestions, friends?