thanksgiving revisited
Telling my stories in real time as they happen, or at least within the month of their happening.
Or if I enjoy more the telling of them months, or even a year, later.
Maybe that is why I love working my memory planner so much. Maybe that fulfills for me the telling my story in real time as they are happening. The 'bigger' story getting told at a later time. That story then for me provides such perspective. Like the story I am sharing today.
Welcome to Thanksgiving 2019. Oh...2019...what we didn't know then, right?!?! Just the reality of 2020 makes stories from 2019 very powerful to me. So I may already be answering my own question. Maybe I have actually stumbled upon why I really do get into my Memory Planner as I do, to then only take a deep dive into stories at a later date. The perspective is almost breath taking.
I can tell you that is exactly what happened. This grid page from last year was serious joy to create. Very simple. Down played embellishments. And all my heart, right here on this 12x12.
A couple of things to note about this page:
- This 2019 Thanksgiving page was not done in chronological order. I knew I had not told this story, yet, and I just wanted to. I use to get so bunged up about the order of my story telling. No more. It's not about perfection here. It's just about telling the story I want to tell. #storiesneverexpire
- These types of story could easily be double page spreads. To accommodate for all the story I wanted to tell I utilized a grid. Just spaced out photos and simple embellishments. One of my favorite page sketches.
- I went heavy with the WordFetti Documented Stamp I just got from ScrapbookCom. I. Love. These. Word. Stamps.
Photos printed and in place. Stories told in hidden journaling. And simple stamped sentiments to support the story. That's how simple this page from a year ago can be told. It mattered not this was almost 12 months ago. I think the story was richer for the waiting. You know. Like a good wine. Allowed to sit. And settle. And become all the beautiful thing that story telling is to our souls.
I hope you are inspired to tell you stories no matter when they took place. Tell them now. Tell them later. It matters not. My only hope, as always, is that you tell your story.
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