For starters, Jared is sort of out of town until Friday. He's working in the Salt Lake valley, but because of the exercise they're doing [night stuff and they have to sleep during the day] they're all staying at a hotel to make sure that they sleep, instead of staying up during the day and [gasp!] spending time with their families. Gee, gotta love the military.
I spent a few hours yesterday going through my 2007 scrapbook. I swear I started at the beginning and was working chronologically, but somehow I missed January completely! And the rest of the months are missing events; I have our bike rides done, but no pictures scrapped of Walker's birthday. How on earth did I do that?!?! So I sat down with my computer and my scrapbook, and double-checked each folder of my pics against my blog and my scrapbook, trying to fill in the missing pieces. *sigh* And that was hard, too, looking at the LOs I finished before Myles died, and the ones I've tried to complete since his death. Some of them I don't remember making; more of the 'blank page' part of my life, I guess.
I got through April figured out, and pictures ordered for what I missed. Plus we're working on the kids' scrapbooks of Myles, which is harder than I expected it would be.
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Somehow the name "scrapbooks" doesn't seem to do all that is contained inside justice. I think you're creating memory books, or treasure books, or life books, or soemething...
And your kids are sure lucky to have a mom who values preserving memories as you do. Lucky, lucky, lucky.
Oh, honey. I so feel for you. I wish I could do something to help you through some of this.
I'm so sorry, I know how hard it is, but every memory saved is such a treasure.
I think of you every time I drive past your house and you are in my prayers daily that you have the strength to make it through one more day. Or one more minute depending on how the day goes.
{{{Hugs}}} to you girl.
Isn't it weird how we can miss things in our scrapbooks and figure them out months later? I've totally done the same thing more than once.
I think it's a beautiful thing that you are making books of Myles for everyone. I can only imagine how difficult and painful that may be, but will be a wonderful legacy of his life, and may prove a bit therapeutic for you as well. *hugs to you and your family*
Janalee,
I remember Sarah having a blank page in her life too. I will tell her something that we did, or something that happened and she has no recollection of it. LOL! It took me a bit to see that it was normal for what she had gone through. My thoughts and prayers are still with you!
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