Yesterday & Today Begins In One Week & A Giveaway

I would like to document the stories of my mom and my dh's mom for my children. Where they grew up? and where they are today with photos and their own words.

"Right here - right now" We have a blended family with a total of 11 children. My step-children lost their biological mother when they were pretty young - a struggle for all. However, it feels/seems as though my life was preparing me for them. Photo's and journaling are beyond a monetary value when you're looking back - a picture speaks a thousand words - I truly believe that - and journaling picks up the rest. Thanks Ali!!!

I would love to document the story of a trip I took to Chicago, not because it was JUST a great trip (which it was), but a life altering decision had to come after my trip. I majored in musical theatre in college and shortly after got a job in a theatre company in Chicago. I flew up to interview for a 'real' day job as well, and thought that everything was moving in the right direction. After coming home to Alabama, I prayed about taking the jobs and did NOT feel a peace about making the move. I stayed in the town where I was born and am now married with 2 children, but I have never scrapbooked that trip or journaled about the decisions made thereafter. Thank you so much, Ali, for all the work you do and for the opportunity to win a seat in your class.

I want to document some of the special things about my paternal grandmother. She went to college long before it was thought proper for women to do so. She taught on a Indian reservation in Arizona after graduation. She was one of 13 children. I attribute my love of reading and of gardening to her. She did so many amazing things during her life. She was definitely way before her time.

I would like to document my wonderful family. There are so many things that I would like to record before I forget them! Looks like an amazing class, Ali.

I would love to document the past ten years, they have been a real whirlwind of changes and growth.
Thanks for the chance to win!

I had an amazing experience as a young adult being a wrangler at an ecumenical retreat ranch in the Rocky Mountains. I met 40 or so new people every two weeks and lived in community with them, and taught them how to ride horses and led rides to the tops of mountains overlooking glaciers, waterfalls, etc. Only later as I matured and read more did I realize that many of these same folks are some of the greatest scholars of faith or geneology or creative writing or... The ranch was truly my spiritual home during some tumultuous and change-filled years in my life and now, 15 years later I still feel that longing to head west each May. I have hundreds and hundreds of photos and stories and creative prose notebooks that are sitting in that proverbial box, I would love the impetous to get them documented from my emotional standpoint.

I would like to document some of the details of my paternal grandmother's life. For instance, she went to college long before it was considered proper for a girl to do so. After graduation, she taught on an Indian reservation in Arizona. She was one of 13 children, all of who survived into ther 70's and 80's. I attibute my love of reading to her, as well as my love of gardening. She was definitely way before her time in her goals and aspirations.

I want to document the story of my siblings - what it was like to grow up the oldest of seven children, only three of whom shared two parents in common. Seriously it was a "mine, his, ours, and a few others" situation, but we never made any distinctions - we were (and are) simply brothers & sisters - not "halfs" or "steps" or "foster kid who got adopted". It is complicated to explain where we each came from and I just haven't figured out how to put it all into words yet.

Walking, skipping, or running to the neighborhood grocery store to buy small, last-minute items that Mom needed at the last minute while she prepared a meal--an onion for 3 cents, a loaf of bread for 15 cents, etc.

I would document my career; that
aspect of me is totally missing
from our family scrapbooks. In my
family scrapbook, I am just Mom ( also an important role) but I do have a career that I love that I would like to share.

In the last 6 1/2 years, I've lost my older sister, mom, and dad. I would like to document our relationships for my children, as only 1 of the 3 was old enough to know my mom and sister, and to keep the memories of my dad alive for all of them (& myself!!)

i would liove to cover my childhood days as i am from a family of 8 children and from a generation of strugglers

I would love to do some comparison pictures from my childhood comparing them to my daughter and her childhood.
Thanks for the chance!
carol.in.canada

days gone by of my childhood in australia outback

I would like to document some of the sadness from my childhood, and how I try each day to give my own daughters a different kind of childhood, so that there is a lot more happiness, for everyone.

My 15th birthday from 26 years ago, it was equivalent to a sweet 16. Huge party, family & friends!!!!! the best time of my teenage years!!!!

I'd like to document the way my mom dressed us alike...my 3 brothers & me! :) Handmade polyester pant suits ;)

I've been thinking about my grandfather recently. He had a transmission shop. He was really the only person that "gave" me money (as opposed to buying things for me). His money smelled like transmission fluid. When I was older, I told my dad that the money he gave me wasn't right. He asked why and I told him it didn't smell right. I'd love to be able to document that story and others like it.
Stacy Hall

I would like to document what my kids think about me/see in me.