Keeping The Memory Alive
Losing a loved one can be one of the hardest things that you will ever have to face at some stage in your life. I know this as I lost my father in March 2001 after a long and hard battle with cancer.
At the time I never knew what scrapbooking was, nor did I know that you could keep those special memories alive like we can today through scrapbooking.
Coming from a close knit family we spent every waking moment with Dad while he battled through the toughest fight of his life. I remember the many nights that I would sit beside him and just hold his hand thinking why is this happening?...why can't it be someone else? But now I look back at those times and realize that just because he lost his fight, it doesn't mean that I can lose the fight in keeping his memory alive.
We all celebrate the end of life through some sort of funeral or memorial service but managing to keep those memories alive in our scrapbooking is something that you can hold onto forever and share with the many other loved ones in our daily lives.
I remember the first time I completed a layout in memory of my father...through all the tears, heartache, and walks down memory lane, the end result was the best reward. It's not a layout that I share with everyone, but it's a layout that played a crucial part in my healing process.
People often think scrapping pictures of a graveside or a cemetery is a bit on the morbid side, but these pictures tell an amazing story. My kids always ask to look at where “Grandad Cobber” aka my Dad is buried and then they usually reply with when can we go visit “Cobber”?? They did not have the pleasure of meeting him, but scrapbooking the many pictures I have of him made me realize that his memory is as alive as I am today...
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