All About You in 52, Week 6

{Biggy RAK...deadline this Thursday}

{Registration for Scrap, Rattle and Roll}

I'm sorry for the tardiness of the post. I forgot to get a photo of my layout and I had to wait for the sun to be up right to take photos.

Storytellers. Do you have one in your family? Are you a teller of Stories?

According to Wikipieda "Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture and in every land as a means of entertainment, education, preservation of culture and in order to instill moral values...."

Stories have always played a part in my life. As a child I would fall asleep at night with the little am Radio between my ear and my pillow while listening to stories. It is one of my most vivid memories as a young child. they have always fascinated me. I love Stories!

When I was in undergrad one of my assignments was to teach a teaching technique. I chose Storytelling. I love it I tell you!!! I have several classical and modern storytellers as my favorites. Garrison Keillor and Lake Wobegon stories have been one my favorites through the years.

I come from a family of storytellers. My daughter is the most recent generation of carrying our family stories. she became interested in our family stories when she was very young. She would ask Grandma to tell her a story when she was a little girl and Tabitha would go home and write it down. while I was going through old papers I ran across this story she wrote down when she was about 14 years old...16 years ago. Everyone loves this story in our family, but it has been an oral story never written down, until Tabitha. So my layout answers our Week 6 question.

I have a disclaimer here. I've felt a little hard on you at times with these overwhelming questions. I have enjoyed reading every one's journaling. I think, even me, we have moved away from writing our stories down. We have beautiful photos and beautiful layouts with a title. One person asked if I was letting the photo "tell the story?" I know that many photos can tell the story....but what about when society and culture changes will the photos tell the same stories? I'm thankful to all of you that work hard at the journaling and telling your story. But this week will be a bit more on the light side of life.

Week 6, Question 6

"Who is the or some of the

Story Keepers in your family?"

Interpret this question how you would want to. If you are the storyteller in your family, then tell a story, tell about yourself as a storyteller, why do you tell stories and how.

Here is my answer to the question:

Story Keeper

Jouranling:

"Tabitha has always been the keeper of stories for out family since she was very young.

Tabitha wrote this story in the first person but it is actually a story about my mother & her brothers.

Today my daughter is a producer for ETV & tells stories for others to enjoy."

Ingrediants:

Kaisercraft: all paper & flowers

Hambly Screenprints: transparency

Bazzil Chips: parenthesis

Fiskars; New Apron Lace Punch, X-large Circle Punch, Trimmer and Micro-Tip Scissors

The story: the original paper and story as written by Tabitha.

Note: I sewed my buttons through all thicknesses to hold the transparency in place.

Have you ever heard "when it Rains it Pours." Sometimes I feel like that. I cheer myself up by playing with my "tools" and creating layouts and more. So the RAK for Week 6, Question 6 will be Fiskars newest, limited addition squeeze punch "under cover."

RAK for Week 5 Goes to MIKJ. Congratulations. Email me your address and name and I'll get your RAK in the mail to you.

BTW: Next week...back to the "hard stuff." LOL

Don't forget about Fiskars Friday on Thursday for a new video and a winner of the "Cleaning out my Clip-it-Up" RAK.

Gratitude:

1. My son's smiling face

2. Laughter and the healing it brings

3. Time with Hannah and Amber

4. God's Grace and Mercy

5. God's Word that tells me the character of a true friend.