Now that you’ve granted yourself permission to scrapbooking
journaling from your heart, what’s the next step?
Have you ever sat down and thought about what really matters to
you, while you were looking at a photo and holding a pen in your
hands?
For me, stuff that counts is normally ordinary, non-spectacular
daily happenings. Yet such important stuff got lost in the midst
of my struggle to keep my recordings straight for legacy
reasons. I admit that I got so engrossed with recalling facts
and figures at times, that I missed out on the more important
aspect of journaling.
It happens.
Give me a minute and let me see what I cherish.
Oh, the warmth and love I feel in my heart when I drink from the
chicken soup lovingly prepared by my mom.
The innocent giggles on my baby niece's face when she responds
to my endless chatter and silly faces to make her laughs.
The silly blend of humor my sister and I share, and the fact
that she gets it while others don’t quite understand what’s so
funny about the situation.
The unwavering support and cheers of my best friend whenever I
jump into another project, again.
What about you? What do you cherish?
In your scrapbooking journaling, have you remembered to write
down the thousands of hopes and fears you hold for your three
beautiful kids?
Have you described the loving act of your husband as he tucks
your kids into bed each night, and how thankful you feel to have
such a beautiful man in your life?
Have you journal about the weekly calls to your friend from your
quilting club to remind you that besides being a stay-at-home
mom, you are someone's friend too?
Have you make efforts to write down in your scrapbooking
journaling the things that might not come attached with photos,
but nevertheless mean the world to you?
Or have you allowed the worries of exposing yourself to the
world stopped you short from scrapbooking journaling from your
heart? Are you worried that others might laugh at what you’ve
written down in those journaling boxes?
I don’t think anyone will be laughing. And if they are, it’ll be
laughter of joys. They’ll be gripped with emotions as they read
through your thoughtful journaling, painting word pictures in
their mind.
Right at this moment, consider bringing your heart to your
journaling. Bring your unique perspectives to those pages and
make your journaling comes alive with emotions and feelings.
You need to hear your own heart speaking in your scrapbook
albums.
Your kids and family need to hear those heartfelt words of yours
too.
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