Yesterday & Today Begins In One Week & A Giveaway

I would like to document my immediate family. We have been through so much and love eachother so much.

Having cancer invade our family recently, there has been a lot of making up for lost time. Learning family history and realizing the stories behind the women in my family. Because their is a generational cycle in our family of tumultous mother-daughter relationships, it can be hard to remember the positive attributes that have been passed down.
I would love to have a layout, even a whole scrapbook dedicated to these women. Telling of their strengths and their stories, going back as far as my great-great grandmother through to my daughters and I.
Although we have been affected by it, I am pleased to say my daughters and I have broken this cycle. Not by my doing, but by His grace!

I'd like to document the story of how I was given a dream job assignment, though it meant I could not get pregnant for a number of years, at I time that I wanted to have children and had been trying unsuccessfully. I agonized for a couple of weeks, and turned down the job, hoping I hadn't sacrificed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for nothing if unable to get pregnant. Days later, I found out I was pregnant (twins) and probably had been at the time I was agonizing over my decision. I truly felt it was a gift from God for making the right decision.

I would like to document the story of my namesake and great grandmother. I have never met her, but, feel her close to me all the time. I draw inspiration and courage from her life.
Thanks so much for this opportunity!
Nancy

I have a terrible memory, so I'd like to do an album based on the book "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" about my own childhood/teen years.

I'd like to document my Dad's story. He comes from a family of 5, he is the youngest of the 4 boys. His mother died when he was 5. He and his brothers ran wild until they were placed in an orphanage. He was the only one to be adopted. All 5 children got and stayed married, had children, worked, two went to college and all gave back to the community. I want to document their courage; their journey and their amazing spirit.

I want to tell the story of growing up in a log cabin in the woods and the adventures we had. It's so different than my life now, and the life my daughter is having. We were throw-backs even then, and now it seems like that kind of life doesn't happen.

I would like to document the story of me. What it was like growing up, what I did, my relationships with people so that, heaven forbid, something happened to me, my kids and people that I left behind would have a tangible reminder of who I am/was.

My brother scanned in thousands of photos from the early ninteen hundreds to the present. And then he and my mom talk to the last of our relatives from earlier generations. I would love to put those pictures together with the stories!

Ali,
I would love to be able to tell stories of my life accomplishments so my family would know more. And learn more of everyday small life stories.
Thanks

I would like to document my mom's childhood. I have a ton of photos and need some inspiration and ideas as to what to do with them.

I would like to write a story about how for five generations, there has only been one daughter. From my daughter all the way back to my great-grandmother, and it might be longer, we don't have history beyond that. :)
Thanks for the opportunity Ali,
a fellow Oregonian...

I would love to document/share the story of our family coming together through adoption.

First of all, let me thank you for this class. I've actually already signed up for it. I haven't scrapbooked in months. And it seems like forever. I'm in a similar situation to you. I have an 8 year old boy and a 7 1/2 month old girl. I read your blog and just wonder how you find time to get it all done. So signing up for this class, I hope will give me the inspiration and push to get back at it.
As for what I would like to document, it's my relationship with my mother. She passed away in 1992. Until recently, I only had a handful of photos of her or of both of us. I recently received several boxes of photos from my grandmother spanning all of her and our lives. I'm so happy to be able to delve into them.

I am doing this for a friend. She would LOVE to take this class and has some amazing stories to tell, but it just isn't in her budget right now. She is one of five girls and they are a very close knit family and have always been into photography, so she has a lot of photos she would like to do something with. Her parents are getting older and she would like to do this in honor of them.

My mother-in-law found boxes of great, old photos her mother had kept many of which can't be identified. So, I would love to preserve what she remembers before that is lost as well.

I just received all my childhood pictures from my Mom, there are so many stories to tell and I just need to dig in and get started. Thanks for an opportunity to win!

I would like to document how education has impacted my life.
An hour video presentation?! Move over Mad Men in my Netflix queue :) Thanks Ali - this sounds fabulous!

Ali,
I would love to learn more from you on everyday simple stories to share and also tell about my life accomplishments. Thanks for the opportunity.
Charlotte

This class would be perfect for me! I have some pictures of my grandparents and some stories I've jotted down, I just need to put them together.