All About You in 52, Week 2

I am so very fortunate to come from a family who knows how important it is to know and understand family history. My mother's family is full of verbal stories that are passed on to each of us. My daughter who is very creative used her medium of expression to create a beautifully moving movie called "The Thomas Family, A Story of Sisterhood." This was a documentary of my mother and her 5 sisters growing up in rural Florida. I cried and laughed. What a legacy my daughter gave to all of us for generations to come. The important lesson here is get our story down. No one can tell like You can.

Here's a small clip of the movie my daughter created. I could not clip it so I had to use my little Flip video to get a clip for you. This is a tiny clip of her wonderful wonderful gift.

Week 2, Question 2

What did you want to be when you grew up?

This is almost a corny question, unless you dig deep. One thing you will find me doing is answering the questions in an expected and unexpected ways. I'm using photos of me growing up whether or not it relates to the question. I want to use all the hundreds of photos my father took of me growing up.

Jouranling Reads:

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT 2 be

lawyer

artist

nun

cool kid

singer

skinny

Ingredients:

Pattern Paper, Moxie

Buttons, Moxie

Circle, Moxie (see a trend here!)

Ranger's Stickles

Making Memories journaling notes

Making Memories letters

Dymo

American Craft Thickers, white leather...and inked with black Stazon ink

Note: The design on the bottom of the page was created by use one pattern paper as the background and I found a similar one in their line and used my Fiskars Fingertip craft knife to cut out the swirls. I placed it in the opposite corner to frame out my photos and journaling. Cool, huh?

RAK for Week 2's Question will be a page kit from Moxie! I think you are going to love it. I will be announcing Week 1's recipient of a pack from "on the dot" later tonight. You still have time to get it in for the RAK. Continue to work at your pace. The important thing is to do it!!!

Post your links on this post throughout the week.

Don't forget about the "Sock it" campaign. If you want to donate socks, send me an email and I'll send you my address. If you are local I can arrange for pick up.

Gratitude List

1. Friends I love dearly

2. Coffee friends

3. Scrappy friends

4. friends of my youth

5. Christ's declaration that he is our friend and proved it!

(I'm sorry about the "squished" post. I'm struggling with why my spacing on Bloggers is not working they way it shoud.)