Why I Scrapbook

Life is unpredictable and always crazy.

I often feel like the 5 of us are on

a merry-go-round.

Round and round.

Day after day.

I can't slow down time.

I only get 24 hours in the day.

But those hours are filled with little moments.

Moments that seem ordinary now

but will become the moments of legend

as the years pass on.

As I grow older I find myself

remembering random memories

from my childhood.

Hide-and-Go-Seek tag on

 hot summer nights.

Monday night pager tests.

The way my Mom always says,

"Oh ha! You liar!"

The top row of the fridge filled

with blue and pink cartons of

milk from the milk man.

How my Dad used Duct Tape and a Sharpie

 to labelthings in the garage.

My 3 siblings and me in the Suburban

driving to South Dakota listening

to one oldies tape

Over

and

over!

Someday my girls will

remember their own little moments.

Things that right now seem insignificant.

That is why I scrapbook.

It's a chance for me to take a

snapshot of our lives.

From my perspective.

I hope someday that my girls

sit down with their

 books and say

"Oh- I'd forgotten about that.

Hey Scoutie- do you remember. . ."

"Ellie- look how little you were!"

"OMG- remember when Mom's hair looked like that!"

This is why I scrapbook.

This layout captures one of those everyday moments that would have been forgotten had I not put it to paper. The event happened on April 11th and I scrapped it on the 12th. I just had to get it down. The layout was inspired by Karen Grunden.