NOW
* When I smile, I feel it inside.
* I'm strong inside and out.
* I'm free to be me.
* I've found joy in my locks and letting them show, I'm comfortable in my own skin and my spirit has found its wings.
* I know who I really am. I broke free from the shackles and in finding strength, I feel like I've been birthed anew.
THEN
* When I smiled, I felt like I was dying inside.
* I was searching for strength.
* I was repressed and made to be someone else.
* I was forced to cover my head, my body, my spirit.
* I felt like I was a prisoner in my own body, like I had been stripped of who I was really meant to be.
"What you need to know about the past it is that no matter what has happened, it has all worked together to bring you to this very moment. And this is the moment you can choose to make everything new. Right now." - Author Unkown
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 GMT Views: 899
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Paper: Basic Grey patterned paper (Motifica line), Basic Black cardstock
Ink: Whisper White Craft ink
Accessories: alphabet tiles, silver ribbon, Baroque ribbon (Michaels), letters cut out from magazines, silver mini brads, mega rhinestone (GinaK Designs), prima flowers
Registered: October 23, 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1928
Tue, May 06, 2008 @ 2:07 PM
WONDERFUL page!!! Great journaling and thank you for sharing something so personal. The paper and title go so well with you journaling!!!
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Registered: September 19, 2004 Location: Posts: 11
Thu, Oct 09, 2008 @ 7:33 PM
wow i appreciate real scrapbooking. not typical.. because we all have our own story, and there is more to us than the easy info we feel comfortable showing the world.
good for you for being so bold... and real.
i am happy for your freedom.