As I created these pages this evening, I thought about why I scrapbook. I'd like to say it is so that I can document our lives for future generations. But if that were truly the case, I would spend more time journaling than I do. Some pages I haven't even noted a year...so that certainly blows that theory. I used to say that I scrapbook because my kids are at that preteen and teenage mouthy stage and I want to see them but not hear them for a little bit. (Love you Emily and Matthew!) :-) But, I think the truth of it is that I scrapbook for purely selfish reasons...time goes by SO quickly and it scares me at how much I lose the ability to truly remember 'the little things'. When I sit down at my stamp table and work on pages, it takes me back in time and I get to see those little things again. Tonight I looked at some photos of my sixteen year old daughter when she was a toddler. I saw her face in some of those pictures and I had a whole new perspective on 'what she was thinking at that moment in time'. When I looked at baby pictures of my son, I was reminded again of what a truly "happy" baby he was...and that made me happy all over again. If you have never scrapbooked, I encourage you do so...even if it is simply for those selfish reasons. :-) Here is one set of pages that I got done tonight.
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