A Scrapbook Layout of YOU

By Christine ā€¢

A Scrapbook Layout of YOU

Hereā€™s another layout Iā€™d like to share you. It was created by the very artsy, Airees as a response to My Little Attic’s We R Memory Keepers Layout Challenge.

I donā€™t feature ALL scrapbook layouts Iā€™ve ever come across but I like featuring layouts that I find especially unique or even cute! And this layout of Aireesā€™s is too good to pass up.

Aireesā€™s journal is especially touching as she talks about the 3 things that she is grateful for (and this was written the night before she was to undergo a battery of medical tests to find out what is wrong with her!).

After the jump, youā€™ll find Aireesā€™s full journal entry and youā€™ll know why it has touched me.

February 18, 2007 - I am doing this layout a day before I undergo several tests at the Asian Hospital tomorrow afternoon. I will be staying there for 2 days to finish all the tests and hopefully be home by Wednesday. I donā€™t know what will happen next nor what the results would be.

I was advised by my neurologist to undergo MRI to examine my brain! Iā€™ve been suffering from what I believe a migraine for about 5 years now but 2 years after I fell from the stairs, I had a ā€œregularā€ migraine attacks and stronger intensity running down to my right shoulder. I finally had the guts to have myself examined by a neurologist after I realized that I have my kids to take care of and I needed to be alive for them!

As of now, I donā€™t feel anything except the nagging pain on my neck. I only think that the tests will just be a routine check-up and I will be fine. Perhaps, I am not that afraid yet, for I know God has the ultimate plan for my life and I know that He knows my kids need me for nowā€¦

But, My Little Atticā€™s challenge to make a layout for myself and what are the ā€œthingsā€ I am grateful for INSPIRED me to make one. Funny, one thing that crossed my mind to make this layout is that if ever Iā€™ll undergo a surgery or what, and I might have to lose my memory, at least I have a record of what I am grateful for and what the heck I am doing in this life! Yeah, I know, I am morbid. But its not impossible, right?

So, to my family, whatever happens to me and my memory, remind me of these 3 ā€œthingsā€ that I am forever grateful to have:

ALBUMS - Its not the album per se that I am grateful but what they contain: my family, friends and the people I worked with, the relationships I have with them, for the lessons in life that each one taught me and for that, I have become the person I am right now.

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INVITATIONS, BOOKS & MAGAZINES, TOOLS** - They symbolize the talents that I have that God gave me. And because of this, it has become my passion and the passion led me to create works of art that I get to share with the people around me and has somehow brought joy and inspiration to them. I am grateful for the life I live right now because I have developed my self-esteem, found my own place under the sun, and my self-worth.

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FAITH** - Without this, I am nothing. Over the years, my relationship with my Creator has helped me go through what life has given me. I may not express my being a Catholic as much as other people would do, but the personal relationship with my Creator has been my source of strength - the reason for my being - and to Whom my life should be directed upon. It is a process and I take it one day at a timeā€¦..

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