Thanksgiving page
One of my earliest (and most favorite) layouts is a Thanksgiving page. It was a last minute idea, and I slapped together a quick border before trekking 8 hours north for a family holiday. There, I nagged all my families members until every one of them had written on the page. My aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, sister and daughter all wrote what they were thankful for. They were all resistant, but I insisted that they do it for me. I’m ever so glad! My Grandpa died several years later, and this is one of the only things I have written in his hand. I still feel warm and loved when I read his words, all these 9 years later: “I am especially thankful for all my family - just keep on keeping on - striving to do God’s will in all that you do. I love each and all of you. Grandpa Lewis”
I’m not fond of the page decoration. My style has changed a dozen times since then. It’s dated and boring and blah. But that matters NONE. The pages I’m doing today - the ones I love and am so proud of … someday I’m going to look back at those pages and think, “Yuck! I mixed brown and RED together? What was I thinking back in 2006? Why did I tear so much paper? What’s with all the smudged ink on the edges of everything?
Styles come and go. Fads change. Scrapbooking evolves.
But the written words remain precious. Doesn’t matter what the decoration looks like. WRITE YOUR WORDS. Write them in your own hand. And this thanksgiving, nag your family members to do the same. Do it for you. Nine years from now, I promise… you’ll thank me.
November 16th, 2006 at 2:26 pm
I’ve been meaning to do something like this every year since my kids first started to write. Have I done it? NO. I’ve no idea why not. But I’ll be darned if I’ll let another year go by with out it happening! You’ve inspired me Stacy!
November 16th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Stacy, what a great idea! I would give anything to have something like that from my Dad’s last Thanksgiving. “Live each day as if it were your last.” I enjoy reading your entries here. Keep up the good work!
November 17th, 2006 at 11:06 pm
I have an album like this. We write in it every year. It is one of my most cherished albums!
