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Jan 1 - Blind Scrap
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January 9: Advice to your Future Self (Journaling challenge)

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I've had a crazy run so far. Twenty five years ago I reinvented myself by going to college, and this last quarter century - QUARTER CENTURY?!!?!?! - has been a rush! As I close in on a double digit number (55, but shhhhhh - don't tell!!!) I am thinking of myself another quarter century from now. Twenty five years from now where will I be? What might I be doing? And what might I like to know from the woman I am today?

- Remember the amazing moments. Turn the pages in the books on your shelves, the books we made. Read the stories, see the photos. You'll see the love in Ralph's eyes. My fondest wish is that we are still both healthy and enjoying life together. If this isn't the case (as I don't have a crystal ball) I can only say that is not something I can even contemplate right now, but I hope the photos of our long love story give you comfort. - Keep moving, and do what you love. Every stage of our life I've tried to keep in mind this is the youngest I'll be again. It's important to take advantage of every moment we have. Get in front of the camera. Go on that trip. Buy that outfit. Call those you love. Continue making those memories. - Stay happy. Attitude is everything. Find the joy wherever you can. Spread the smiles, give the hugs, pump others up. Be the example others want to follow. You've earned all the delight around you, and you know how to bring it to others. With much love to you, beautiful lady,
 
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January 11: On This Day (Journaling Challenge)

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On this day 34 years ago I became a mom. Tori's birthday always brings forward memories of that time before she entered the world. I was twenty years old and so ready to have a baby. Ralph and I were in Germany, independent and acting like grownups, but I still felt like a kid. We were far too far away from home, but we were excited. And you took FOREVER to be ready to come into the world! I'd been walking and walking, past your due date, hoping to move you along, and never thought this pregnancy would end! On this day once I realized I was in labor I was happy I was finally going to meet you! Ralph got up once I told him, and things were speeding up a bit. Your dad took me to the dispensary on post (Wildflecken wasn't big enough for anything resembling a hospital) and they immediately put us into an ambulance and sped toward Wurzburg. Every time I had a contraction the nurse would tell the driver to speed up and use the lights and siren, so we were cruising along the Autobahn! The ironic thing is that once we got to the hospital again we had to wait and wait and wait. My contractions took forever to speed up enough to do anything; we were a bit worried they might send us home! Finally though, they wheeled me into a delivery room and not too much after that there you were. I toughed it out not wanting any meds at all, but I sure felt it when the were stitching me up after, and got a little numbing agent to help. You were so tiny and so amazing! and I was so very tired I saw two of your dad. You just blew me away with your teensy little fingers and toes. You made my heart swell as you made me a mom. I am so proud of you my darling daughter, and want all the most wonderful things in the world for you.
 
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January 17: Username (Journaling)

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My journaling:
While on my creative team postings I typically sign myself as LoriB I have another name. A name I prefer and use whenever I can. I am LBscraps. I have been LBscraps online for over 15 years now but that isn't where it began. That has been my business name for far longer, since I was a Creative Memories consultant needing a business name for tax purposes. That would have been twenty years ago now, amazing! Lori Bickford scraps, shortened up - it worked then, and it sure still works now! It feels a bit like a superpower, that my scrapping mojo is in high gear when I wear this mantle. It's bled over into my real life as I use it for some emails, and it is part of other passwords or usernames. (Shhhh, don't tell anyone, it's a secret!) Whenever I need an alter ego I don't even have to think about it, I am LBscraps.
 
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