Some of you know that -- odd as it may seem for a woman without children -- one of my favourite pasttimes & creative outlets (besides this blog, lol) is scrapbooking.
I've made scrapbooks for my parents' neighbours' daughter, my nephews, and I recently started an anniversary scrapbook for dh & me that I hope (hope!) will be finished by or around our 25th wedding anniversary next year.
I've always intended to someday (someday) make a scrapbook for Katie and chronicle our loss journey since then. I have a Rubbermaid box full of Classic Pooh papers, punches & stamps (some of them sent to me by my dear cyberfriend Julia S, some years ago) and a Classic Pooh s scrapbook album, as well as lots of butterfly-themed embellishments. But I haven't. Yet.
I just learned about a new blog that may be a good prod for me in that direction. It's focused on healing grief & loss (of all kinds) through scrapbooking.
Any other lossmama scrapbookers out there? Check it out!
I think that a loss scrapbook is a wonderful idea -- in the same way that I think that blogging or other artistic outlets allow us to shape the sorrow into new forms and to trace our journeys.
ReplyDeleteThanks, that's great. I love the scrapbook I have of Gabe.
ReplyDeleteHi Loribeth ! Yep, I am new followers of you :) I LOVE the scrapbooking idea.
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