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Wonder - "Starting Point" challenge
Big Picture Classes (www.bigpictureclasses.com/) is sponsoring the Big Idea Festival class, and one of the "words to live by" that Tami Morrison discusses is "wonder".
The word really struck me, because when I was thinking about what to do with the prompt, I thought of this photo of my son; I took the pic while we were on vacation in 2009. I decided I'd better make a full-size layout about it, because I just really love this photo and the feelings it evokes.
The page uses a "starting point" sketch from shimelle.com: www.shimelle.com/paper/1159/scrapbooking-starting-point-c...
I used some old Little Yellow Bicycle papers, plus some random items from my stash - buttons, a flower, brad, sheer ribbon.
If you care to read it, here's the journaling:
Devil’s Churn on the Oregon Coast was a sight to behold: the tides stirring the water, the powerful waves crashing against the rocky bluffs. It was threatening, but also amazing…a true natural wonder.
I wanted to hold you back, because one little slip, and you could have fallen, hurt yourself, or gotten completely wet...but I knew I couldn’t restrain you. Your curiosity and sense of adventure would win out against my worries.
I realize that this is the way it’ll be for your life, too. No matter what I say or do, you and your sister will explore, discover, and find your own ways, independent of your dad and me. I can only wonder what the future holds for you two, and I hope I’m around a long time so I can see it. Sure we have our rough spots, but on an almost-daily basis, I now marvel at the bright, hard-working, amazing young people you’re turning out to be. To me, that is a true natural wonder, indeed.
TFL,
Cynthia
Wonder - "Starting Point" challenge
Big Picture Classes (www.bigpictureclasses.com/) is sponsoring the Big Idea Festival class, and one of the "words to live by" that Tami Morrison discusses is "wonder".
The word really struck me, because when I was thinking about what to do with the prompt, I thought of this photo of my son; I took the pic while we were on vacation in 2009. I decided I'd better make a full-size layout about it, because I just really love this photo and the feelings it evokes.
The page uses a "starting point" sketch from shimelle.com: www.shimelle.com/paper/1159/scrapbooking-starting-point-c...
I used some old Little Yellow Bicycle papers, plus some random items from my stash - buttons, a flower, brad, sheer ribbon.
If you care to read it, here's the journaling:
Devil’s Churn on the Oregon Coast was a sight to behold: the tides stirring the water, the powerful waves crashing against the rocky bluffs. It was threatening, but also amazing…a true natural wonder.
I wanted to hold you back, because one little slip, and you could have fallen, hurt yourself, or gotten completely wet...but I knew I couldn’t restrain you. Your curiosity and sense of adventure would win out against my worries.
I realize that this is the way it’ll be for your life, too. No matter what I say or do, you and your sister will explore, discover, and find your own ways, independent of your dad and me. I can only wonder what the future holds for you two, and I hope I’m around a long time so I can see it. Sure we have our rough spots, but on an almost-daily basis, I now marvel at the bright, hard-working, amazing young people you’re turning out to be. To me, that is a true natural wonder, indeed.
TFL,
Cynthia