Olden days
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:36 pm
My graduation photo from 1976.
1976. I was 19 years old and pregnant with Cara (didn’t know it yet!).
1976. I was 19 years old and pregnant with Cara (didn’t know it yet!).
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Pam this is a great layout, and I agree with the journaling police here. LOL. You'll always look at that photo and know how old you were and that you were about to get some surprise news, but that photo represents a truly life-altering time. I often have a hard time getting the journaling in, but I also know if I don't do it right away, I may never come back to it. Sometimes if I think the journaling will take away from the look of the page, I'll just write it on the back, and write down on the bottom corner "more to see on the back" in small print. I've also done this with stories that weren't meant to be read by anyone flipping through looking at photos, but for my kids in 20-30 years, when they're really absorbing the story of us, they might like to know what was on my mind at the time. I've also written a lot of negative emotions down on the back of layouts. Scrapbooking really is better than therapy.Keitha wrote:Lovely page. Did you tuck those comments you shared with us on the page somewhere - about being 19 years old and already pregnant? Geez, I sound like the journaling police...
Way better than therapy!jfugina wrote:Pam this is a great layout, and I agree with the journaling police here. LOL. You'll always look at that photo and know how old you were and that you were about to get some surprise news, but that photo represents a truly life-altering time. I often have a hard time getting the journaling in, but I also know if I don't do it right away, I may never come back to it. Sometimes if I think the journaling will take away from the look of the page, I'll just write it on the back, and write down on the bottom corner "more to see on the back" in small print. I've also done this with stories that weren't meant to be read by anyone flipping through looking at photos, but for my kids in 20-30 years, when they're really absorbing the story of us, they might like to know what was on my mind at the time. I've also written a lot of negative emotions down on the back of layouts. Scrapbooking really is better than therapy.Keitha wrote:Lovely page. Did you tuck those comments you shared with us on the page somewhere - about being 19 years old and already pregnant? Geez, I sound like the journaling police...
pat-czap wrote:Aww...how lovely. What a great memory.
19 years old, a nurse and pregnant...that gives one pause. Way to burst onto the adult scene as a force to be reckoned with! You did okay Pam!
You don't want to know what I was doing at 19 years old...not much to further myself. I was without direction, and just stayed home or went to work at McDonald's where I had worked for a few years by then. I did go to Beauty School about this time and got my license, then I went to college for a degree in medical records. I was a late bloomer.paddlegal wrote:pat-czap wrote:Aww...how lovely. What a great memory.
19 years old, a nurse and pregnant...that gives one pause. Way to burst onto the adult scene as a force to be reckoned with! You did okay Pam!
Well said Pat!