Everyone has a story to tell, the question is how will you tell it? For the past few years, I've been choosing to tell mine, and to help other people tell theirs through memory books. The first memory book I made, was what is known as a traditional scrapbook and was in memory of my grandmother. My grandmother was not always an easy woman to deal with, but I loved her. She spent the last 3 years of her life fighting colon cancer, and it was difficult for me. Because of my education and career in healthcare, I know quite a bit about diseases in general and colon cancer in particular. I knew from the time of her diagnosis, based on how far the disease had spread that she would die, I was expecting it, I knew it was just a matter of time. Even so, when she passed away, it was a surprise. As a method of healing, I took pictures of my Gran, right from the time she was born and put them together into a scrapbook, nothing special, very few words and no "journaling" at all, just a book to remember her by. I later took the same pictures and created a digital memory book for my family as well.
That was my first story, since then I have created many books, mostly as gifts for family and friends. I have so many stories in my head, memories that I want to put down so that I don't forget them. Its just a matter of finding the time to do it :).
What are your stories? How would you like to tell them?
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