Sometimes there are things we want to scrapbook, and other times there are things we feel like we have to scrapbook – for the sake of memory keeping. For an ‘accurate’ record.
Those of you that read my personal blog will know that the first four month’s of Lior’s life were… rough. The sad faces you see on this scrapbooking page were all too common in our house, and while it isn’t a nice time to remember, I feel like it’s important to include in Lior’s personal scrapbook, because it is part of his history and journey. Who knows how this part of his infancy will affect his life. It’s an important story to tell.
I don’t even think I put the date of these photos on the page… because it’s not meant to document these exact sad moments, but more encapsulate the whole four months. More like a summary. The journalling on this page doesn’t focus on facts and figures, but instead is my sorry note to him for what happened, and how long it took to fix. Because of the personal nature of the journalling, I’ve hidden it, so that it’s more for his eyes, and less for anyone looking through his book.
I would definitely encourage you to record some of the sadder times in your scrapbook, not just the happy ones. They are, after all, valid emotions, feelings, and times of life! One page in the dozens of other pages doesn’t make it negative, it’s just another memory to record, that give context and understanding to the rest of the album. 
Have you ever scrapbooked something sad before? How did you go about designing the page?
