I think this is my most personal page - ever. I'm normally a very "silly" scrapbooker but today I saw this phrase and it got me thinking. Next thing I know I'm all teary and blubbery and guilt-ridden. This is what came out of it.
Layout inspired by February 2008 Pagemaps
Journaling reads: "Sometimes I worry about what my girls have learned from me about being a mother.
Have they learned that mothering is all about schedules and chores? Do all mothers stress and rush and repeat everything a dozen times? Are all mothers too busy to play?
I wish I could be the mother in this photo all of the time. This Mom is patient. This mother listens as long as her daughter talks and she snuggles until her daughter lets go. She has nowhere else to be. Her contentment shows. She adores her husband and cherishes the life they've built together. This mother doesn't ever wish she had done something different with her life. She is living her dream.
Photo: October 1998
Journaling : May 2008
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 GMT Views: 681
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Registered: December 27, 2006 Location: Summerville, South Carolina Posts: 5015
Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 2:13 PM
Great page and what a leap for you to take--putting all of those feelings we all have out there so eloquently... This will truly be a treasure page for your family as they grow up--you really told them what a great mom you really are!
------------------------------ Valerie in SCN2/12-O14/10 J14/30M43/30A34/30M43/31F47/40J102/312014-293/365
Registered: December 28, 2007 Location: My happy place in beautiful British Columbia! Posts: 4787
Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 2:25 PM
Oh Collette. You've taken my breath away. The layout, the design, the colours, the journalling, the way you've pulled it all together...please hand me a tissue... I am breathless.
------------------------------ Kristin, Happily Dizzy Mom of Four My Blog 2011 goal: 3p, 2010 goal: 94p, 2009: 136p, 2008: 766p accomplished
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Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 3:01 PM
OMG! What a fantastic page. First of all it's go-geous second of all....where's my tissue. It's beautiful girl!
------------------------------ I'm Misti, and I've approved this message! MYGALLERY "Brace for Impact"-Capt. Sully "Brace for Impact"--Congress to America Proud mom of 2 soldiers-
OMG, I'm all misty-eyed 'cause I'm reading this right after one of those not-feeling-like-a-good-mother moments. I wish I could express myself so clearly...my favorite journaling to date!