the photo is my mum , maybe 1972- it was early 70s for sure, journaling reads: The 70s were eventful, not just for me but for us as a family, there are parts that are in my memory almost engraved, branded, others are not so clear, but even cloudy, my mum traveling a lot to the south of Argentina is an ambiguous feeling, I remember going with her once, we traveled in the Army Foker planes, a crazy experience, but most of the time would be her and my grandma, to take my cousin Karina to see her dad, who had moved there after the divorce. Ushuaia wasn't what it is today, but already a popular destination with cruises, not only to see the natural beauty & the glaciers but also it was free port, duty free in times when it wasn't
possible to buy anywhere else in South America any of the products available there. For me, it was painful to have my mum doing so much for them, at the time, divorce wasn't legal or even usual in our community (or even in in whole country as a whole, and being that it was his wife who left my uncle, my mum's brother, so I kind of resented a bit the whole situation) Good thing I didn't get to see these photos of my mum looking glamorous
and happy at the time, or I would have resented even more... I know it maybe childish looking back, but that was the feeling.. TFL!!!
Beautiful page Cynthia! You really look like your beautiful Mom. Your blending is terrific ... fabulous journaling and while it may be a difficult memory, it is the journaling and history here that scrapbooking is all about. If it is not documented the family history is lost. [I have an Aunt who left my Mom's brother... it was an equally odd situation since there were three kids involved and 2 were boy/girl twins and the Aunt took the girl twin and left the other two (older daughter and the younger twin boy) there with my Uncle... so odd what happened back in the 1970's... I think that was the first divorce in our family too... anyway, I love the papers and vintage looking elements to match the photo of your Mom in the time period..wow to everything matching color-wise too. Love this Cynthia. Hugs
@cfile thank you so so much.....it really was something difficult to get through at the time, right? I am trying to get back to proper scrapping so that Sarita can have a proper story of what her roots are....and this is one of those pages of mine which I (surprisingly LOL) love how it turn out, thanks so so much!!!
@Tree City thank you so so much Sara ....as I said to Christa... I am trying to make a proper use of the pages, after Amber's passing, and taken that I have Heart Failure, I want to start focusing on memory keeping (as opposite to just try pretty pages to show of the kits, which has been kind of my aim in the past 3 to 4 years) The story continues even more honest, so watch out for more soon... I left out the worse as there was no space and it wouldn't make sense otherwise (or people would think I am evil LOL)
@LynnG thank YOU so so so very much, you know how much I love scrapping with your stuff and how much your words are worth to me....
I need to catch up with galleries, all of you, promise will do soon!!!!
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