After I finished writing that last post, I continued thinking about how scrapbooking equips us to deal with certain challenges better than we otherwise would. I was reminded of an article I wrote a couple of years ago—an article I consider to be the crowning achievement of my Simple Scrapbooks career. It's definitely the best piece of writing I churned out in my 5 years with the magazine, and I got permission to republish it here. The lessons and the layouts are still very relevant.
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There was a fifth story that we had to pull from the article at the last minute. Like all of these, it was a story that left an indelible imprint on me, and it ultimately inspired me to create an album for a friend of mine whose father passed away suddenly last November. I'll share that story, and the album, tomorrow.
(Article copyright Creative Crafts Group/New Track Media. Posted with publisher’s prior permission. Originally printed in Simple Scrapbooks magazine, September/October 2007. simplescrapbooksmag.com)
