January 11: On This Day (Journaling Challenge)

September 11th 2001 is a date familiar to most of us - here is my experience of that awful day.

 

It may not seem like a significant day but it is to me. Such a sweet moment with my daughter (rare to go to lunch with out the boys) and a neat connection made that day to her great-grandfather. A little moment, but significant in the story-telling.

 

Loved this challenge! Thank you! My word count is 221.

 

OK, lost the first layout, so did it again. Now some of you on this site know my story because I shared it on another site with you. Many of you don't know, but here is the day I waited 59 years for!!! Here is my story------ (aww, man! Will someone tell me how to turn these tears off! I'm going to ruin my computer!!!)
190 words.

 

Journalling in the first comment.

 

Date is in first line of journaling.


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Ok, so I'm going to do this. I'm going to journal and scrap the day my life as a mummy changed forever. The day that I can picture like it was yesterday. The day I stopped taking photos for 6 months. The day my little boy was scolded by boiling water. I'm crying already. But there's a double empty pattern page in his 2000 album with one photo and a postcard, sitting there, waiting for this day when I could finally journal one of the most painful periods of my life. The day my now 18 yr old son still bears the scars of. Wish me well! (I can't believe I'm sobbing already! All's I've done so far are scan those things!)

 

oops - wrong thread

 

took me a while to figure out what day I wanted to do, but decided on two days instead of one - day one day I lived twice

270 words

 

Okay, so here it is. It's a double page and I'm sure it passes the word limit for journalling. It is just as I remember it.

 

Page two

 

I posted my journaling in the gallery comments in case it's too small to read here.

 

Here's mine!

 

just want to say this was an amazing challenge and there are so many different ways people used the date idea... there were the lifecycle events/birthdays, births,weddings, the historical events and then the many many personal ( and often challenging) dates in ones life. it really showed how journaling and scrapping not only give insight into (real) life but also can be therapeutic. thank you to those who shared some difficult challenges. reading them helps me know that i am no alone in what i face each day. also it was great to read and see the many blessings we all have in our life. i am so glad i scrap and that for this community from around the world. i do believe people have more in common than not.

 

Here is my attempt, March 16, 2012 the day my life changed forever, i dont deserve it but i got the most amazing miracle ever



Journaling is in galary but per word 316 words

 

amazing pages and journalling here