03 Submit Your Own - BEST JOURNALING

[Shannon]

Submit one of your own layouts for BEST JOURNALING. This layout must be created by you. This layout will be judged only on the journaling. Please provide both a jpg image and a link to where we can find this layout on the web. Please only submit ONE eligible layout.

SPONSORED BY Heather Manning (http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/Heather%20Manning)

[MandaBean]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1181/lovehate-byMandaBean.jpg

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1181/lovehate-byMandaBean.jpg

[desi]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=42163&cat=all&ppuser=1239

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1178/my-father.jpg

[butternugsquash]

Okay - here's my entry.
http://www.butternugsquash.com/PhotoPost/data/545/truenorth2.jpg (http://www.butternugsquash.com/PhotoPost/showphoto.php?photo=154&ppuser=3)

Journaling says, "What a shock. It was so devastating to hear that he would never be "normal". Two weeks of complete ignorance - just thinking he was little & needed to eat - completely unaware of what was hiding around the corner. I remember standing alone in that doctor's office as the doctor was finally able to examine him after the jaundice had cleared up. I watched him turn, lift, pull, move, poke, prod Henry all over & then just out of the blue said, "Has it crossed you mind that Henry has Down Syndrome?" Before it even registered, I said, "That's funny you should say that because I thought that in passing when I was looking at him one day, but that's all it was...just passing." That's all I remember. A dull roar started filling my ears & all of my insides started roiling. It slowly, very slowly, started creeping into my consciousness and everything around me started crumbling. I don't remember anything else that was said, just the voice inside trying to keep the tears at bay because I didn't want the doctor to think I was a bad mother for being sad about it. Then I had to go out & tell my mom who was with Steven in the waiting room. The noise she made will never leave me. It was raw & guttural - animal-like. A wounded moan. The weight of this was more than I could comprehend. It would be weeks before I understood. Weeks of testing, reading, researching, doctor's appointments and crushed dreams. Accepting that the dreams you've had for your child will never come true is gut-wrenching. Henry will never be president. Henry won't be a doctor. Henry may not go to college. Henry may never live on his own. Henry won't have children. Henry won't do a lot of things. That's hard to accept. The fact that he'll most likely need us to care for him for the rest of his life - that's hard. But I'm thankful. Thankful that he's with us. As hard as it's going to be, I wouldn't give him back. But it's going to be a rough road. Your existence has redefined true north for us. I guess it's our journey to find it again. With you as our compass."

[OrianaVianey]

I love the journaling on this LO... was hilarious

http://scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/data/500/Pop_Weekly_3.jpg (http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=221653&cat=500&ppuser=52585)

Journaling reads:
Who said water can’t be HOT??? The mystery is solved ladies and gentleman. The reason for the un-air of the pilot of Aquaman after a very good feedback of the iTunes views has nothing to do with money as the network want us to believe, but a sex scandal.
Apparently the yummy (and married) actor Justin Hartley is currently engage on a very physical relationship with a mysterious actress who was originally casted for the pilot. Pop weekly rescue some very incriminatory pictures of the illicit couple, even at the set of Smallville, where Justin was a guest actor on the rol of Green Arrow. Rumor has it that the actress is quite a doll…

[jensurge (Jen Ulasiewicz)]

I think this was my best journaling ever called Rocking Chair (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=62647&cat=all&ppuser=3174):)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1181/rockingchair.jpg

[emilymerritt (skrpbkmom)]

My Two Babies (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59788&cat=all&ppuser=3954)
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/06_12_my2babies.jpg

[Lynn G]

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t1/LynnG_album/waitingcopy.jpg

http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=27098&ppuser=88

[Keela]

I want you to know (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=946&cat=all&ppuser=24)http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1174/4_15_2006_I_want_you_to_know.jpg

Journaling: My sweet baby Paxtin There is something I want you to know. I wanted a girl. There, I said it. I had just sold almost all the baby boy clothes in a garage sale. Daddy and I had started the adoption process to adopt a girl. I had started looking for pink dresses and shoes. When I found out I was pregnant, I had a feeling you were a boy and it didn't matter to me. I had a lot of people, even strangers saying to me "Trying once more for a girl?" or "I bet you were wanting a girl." There is something I want you to know. That is the farthest from the truth. Even though I wanted a girl and was getting ready for one, it didn't matter if you were a boy or a girl. I wanted a baby and a boy was just fine with me! I wanted to be pregnant, I wanted to give birth again. Daddy and I even talked about having a 4th baby, after the adoption. There is something I want you to know. You may have came 3rd rather than 4th, but you were loved even before you were formed in my womb. There is something I want you to know. You were always wanted and you are a dream come true.

[rocalisa]

Loving You Through the Glass (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15099&cat=all&ppuser=351)

http://randomthoughts.co.nz/corner/images/loving_you_through_the_glass_LO.jpg

[meadow92]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1182/tj_officegirl_gray_jme.jpg

Going Gray (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=72205&cat=all&ppuser=1456)

[tnchick]

http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/data/500/600.jpg

Gallery link: http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=20825&nocache=1

[BethKern]

Dear Mom (http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/dragonflyscrapper76/Dear-Mom.jpg)

http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r160/dragonflyscrapper76/Dear-Mom.jpg

[umajo]

okay journaling is not my strong point but i will improve i hope!!!http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/3919/australia-day.jpg
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=160209&cat=500&ppuser=54613
journaling reads
You wake at 4 am, listen, no rain, no wind in the middle of the wet season ! So up you jump and off to work you go trying to keep control on the weeds that have jumped alive with the rain. 6 hrs after you realize its Australia Day To a farmer every fine dayis a working day, isn’t that what makes the country? Yes I would have loved to lay in bed, read a book and then jumped in the spa We can always Dream!! But the view is worth it!!

[mnm_y2]

This is a really special layout for me regarding my education.

The Nerd (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=1028&cat=all&ppuser=78)


http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/maby2527/claudia_journaling.jpg

[Mish]

Autism - Brandon (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=100605&cat=all&ppuser=1522)


http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/Exceptional_DCastle_Brandon.jpg

Journaling reads:


My darling son,
This photo is a rare moment
of calm in the ever present
whirlwind of non-stop activity
that exisists in every waking
moment of every day of your life.


Constant action - bending spinning,
rocking, falpping, twisting, turning &
all manner of other movements, some
of the positions you "sit" in, I have no idea
how you can contort into those
shapes, yet those
positions and movements give you
a sense of security...


a place to pin a
reference point to hold onto
in this confusing world we
live in.

[Anita Richards]

i guess that the best journaling often comes from the most traumatic experiences and for me this layout is the one that took me the longest to do and was most painful to get out :: Mother's Tears (http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=684950)

http://anitastergiou.typepad.com/photos/myboys/20030430motherstears.jpg

[Carinspixels]

http://scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/data/500/ZtampfPaper_deardad.jpg

Dead daddy (http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=215632&cat=500&ppuser=66071)


journaling:
Dear daddy,
1 of the few pics
I have with you
is this 1. That I
look at with mixxed
feelings. It's my birthday here,
and you always ended up drunk and aggresive,
fighting with everyone. When mom decided to leave you,
I lost my biggest HERO. I was daddy's child, and you always
made me feel happy and wanted. A long time I felt abandoned.
You left me, and missed all important things in my live!
Then faith brought us together again. We bumbed into eachother
in a hospital in another town, 10 yrs later!
Instantly I knew you where my dad, and I told you you would be
a grandfather real soon! You where so happy,
but also told me you where gonna die soon. the 16th of nov 1994
I said my final goodbyes, alone, without you. My contractions had started
and I was not able to be at your funeral....
The 17th your grandson was born, healthy and well....thank you for the stork
you made me, your wife came to place it in the garden!
I'm still sad we didnt have more time
to get to know eachother, and I still wonder what if........
I miss you, xxxx for always your girl!

[Chantal]

Here is mine. The journaling is in German, it is a loveletter for my little daughter. A little translation is in the gallery:

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=59571&cat=all&ppuser=1995

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1181/10meingluecklenajenwilson.jpg

[Ilona Havenaar (Sokkie)]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/VerandaBreeze.jpg
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94899&cat=all&ppuser=1418

[buddhini]

Here is mine,http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j65/Buddhini/Brightenup.jpg

and here is the link to the gallery.
http://www.scrapartist.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12529&cat=500&ppuser=2543

[Hanne79]

Here is mine. Its about being a mother for ever, and the journaling is about how you are a mother from the minute you childen are born, the things you do and not always being recognisted for it. You can find it here. (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=91428&cat=all&ppuser=2819)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/mammaforalltid.jpg

[Vanilla]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/iam1.jpg


gallery (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=99321&cat=all&ppuser=3934)

[lilysmama (Jodie McNally Designs)]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/papa-and-me.jpg
Here (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=81148&cat=all&ppuser=4010) is my submission for best journaling. This was really kind of a break-through layout for me and the first time I really talked about how I was feeling about my Papa Pete passing away. Plus, the font looks a lot like his handwriting!! :) Thanks for looking! Good luck, everyone! :)

[stampnbug]

I love the journaling of this layout of mine ---> { island life } (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=98405&cat=all&ppuser=915)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/island-life-web.jpg

[Summer]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/Sistas26_04_07-small.jpg
Gallery (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=107432&cat=all&ppuser=2524)

[mama c]

My most heartfelt, honest journaling is in My Legs (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=67368&cat=all&ppuser=1325).

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1181/my_legs_600_155k.jpg

Journaling says:
I get so frustrated with them. As a narcoleptic, I have cataplexy which means I sometimes lose
the ability to control my body (not just legs) for a USUALLY very short time. It's something I've gotten used
to, and I've been diagnosed for over 8 years now. But in October 2006, something went haywire and my legs refused to work. I didn't regain use of them until Jan 2, 2007. Then on Jan. 10th, I had an EMG test. A couple days after that, my legs went back to it's stubborn state. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I fell apart for awhile. To be honest, I'm still not me yet. I do believe that I will regain use of them again, but with an active 1 year old to keep up with ,and a husband that I want to take care of, it's been very hard trying to get things done. I feel worthless, and like a hardship on my loved ones. I miss dancing with my daughter to our favorite songs (though I do a mean chair dance), and I miss hugging my husband and resting my head in the crook of his neck...while standing. I even miss wearing 4" heels (pictured) and being
able to look my 6'3" dh in the eyes (just about).I definitely miss driving. It's a pleasure I've had since I was a teenager...the freedom of getting out and letting the scenery calm my nerves and light my senses.

I am not unaware of the blessings I do have: the love of a caring, patient, beautiful man, and our daughter, who doesn't care if I can't walk or not, she loves me as is. I have the support of my family, especially my mom and sister, who come over to help with Scrunchkin, or chores in the house that get a little behind.Without my family, I'm not sure how I'd get by, and I thank Jehovah for them.

Never giving up hope as tomorrow is a new day...until then, my legs and I are at odds.

[Cindy_lee]

I think this one is my best journlaing.Im not much of a writer.But this one means the most to me!

Just you (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94479&cat=all&ppuser=3158)

http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/2559/justyouzf5.jpg

Journaling :
You are all i could have wished for.You are a 7 year old little girl,i couldnt be prouder of.In Life you will have a lot of ups and downs.Life can be rude sometimes.I just want you to know Honey,no metter how hard it will get,stay the way you are.Because than you will achieve anything you dream of.How do i know this ? Only because you are YOU!
I love you from the bottom of my heart.

[gailfort]

Here's mine:

http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/data/503/medium/911abc_Large_.jpg (http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8316&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=6248)

The link is:
http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8316&cat=500&ppuser=6248

Gail

[froggypond]

I am not a huge fan of text journaling, prefering to let the layout "speak for itself". However, in this case, I felt I needed to use words. The dad of my ds's best friend passed away at an early age, and my son was right by is side...that is the kind of guy he is!
Posted at GottaPixel.com http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/45610/cat/500/ppuser/3662

http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/data/589/constant-friend.jpg

[Libby Pritchett]

The Start of Something New (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=110710&cat=all&ppuser=2545)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/somethingnew.jpg

[Hummie]

I am a big advocate of journaling and feel I do a lot of it on most of my layouts. I do not have many of my layouts online to share, but I do have a garden book from photos from my yard that I am writing in this folder (http://public.fotki.com/photospot/scrapping_art/my_garden_book/).

On this one I feel as if I really opened up my personal feelings and became vulerable. It is almost hard for me to go back and read how I felt at the moment I typed that.

http://images22.fotki.com/v810/photos/9/910805/3553342/GardenScum-vi.jpg

[webchyck]

This is me being honest about this:

http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/data/587/webchyck404.jpg (http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11082&cat=500&ppuser=5122)

http://www.scrapbookgraphics.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=11082&cat=500&ppuser=5122

[Lena Brandenburg]

This layout is about my frustration with my uncontrollable postpartum horomones and my frustration with the doctors trying to prematurely diagnose me with PPD.

Leaky Faucett (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=72547&cat=all&ppuser=1144)


http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1182/leakyfaucett.jpg

Journaling:
I felt so small after I gave birth to Naomi. There were truly days I just wished the Earth would open up and swallow me whole. It was such a traumatic pregnancy with 8 hospitalizations and over 50 appointments...then the lonely emergency delivery. While my baby girl was in the NICU I was actually fine, but the morning they brought her out to me, I lost it. I cried more than I knew a woman could cry. I became a leaky faucett. The sent in counselors, social workers, and gave me a referral to a psychiatrist. I got mad. "You can't diagnose PPD after four days," I said. This time the horomones just hit me harder...I had the shakes, night sweats, and sobbed uncontrollably. But I didn't need medication. I needed time. To adjust. To heal. To cry. To breathe.

[Sharon1313]

Sacred Places (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=176674&cat=500&ppuser=39013)

I wrote this poem. It reads:
I am drawn to sacred places
Places where people have prayed
Where people have stood silently
Waiting, watching, wondering

I seek to learn from ancient wisemen
Wisemen who didn’t have
all the answers
Who were seeking just like me
Asking, listening, challenging

In sacred places I find myself
My strength and my peace
I breathe in the echo of the spirit
and listen for its message of
wisdom and hope.

Thanks for looking!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/2007-sacred-places-WEB.jpg

[cbwetfish]

http://www.divinedigital.com/gallery/data/1378/Almost_Two_upload.jpg[/URL]

[URL]http://www.divinedigital.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/20611/cat/500/ppuser/2392 (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=58035&cat=all&ppuser=3404)

[suejones]

This layout is about my Jasmine Bush (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35071&cat=all&ppuser=366) and why it grows outside my front door.

The journalling reads:
Today marks the second anniversary of the day you left my body. I know your spirit had gone in the days before but today is the anniversary of the day we had to say goodbye to the baby we had begun to love. The jasmine bush that The ScrapHeap Inspiration Team gave me is in bloom once again and I smell it's sweet fragrance and remember the feeling of you growing inside me. Today, I not only remember you my angel, but the four other angels that we never met as well. I always wanted a large family. I guess not all of you were meant to be here with me. But we don't love any of you any less than if we were able to meet you and hold you in our arms. Take my butterflies.

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1177/The_Jasmine_Blooms.jpg

[cherpea]

and one from me about my youngest girls special dolly.


http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/medium/she_used_to_be_pink_copy.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=101171&size=big&cat=all&ppuser=3282)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=101171&cat=all&ppuser=3282

[Nathalie]

Well, this one is very, very special to me:


http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/../gallery/data/500/sketchchallenge_36.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/boards/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=108980&cat=all&ppuser=4059)


journaling:
I miss you, Dad, I did on many occasions and I still do. I missed you on my wedding - I dreamed about you walking me down the aisle, how you would hug Gerd and tap his shoulder, giving him some advice. I missed you when I gave birth to your grandchildren. You would be such a wonderful and loving grandfather. Sometimes I imagine how it would be and can see you walking and playing with Sophia and Liam - in your endless patience and with lots of fantasy. You would so love them and you would be so proud!

Today I know and understand so much more than I did back then. And I feel sorry for what happened and that I did not tell you how much I loved you. - I did, I do and

I MISS YOU DAD

[renee82]

Here is my LO's on my thoughts on becoming a mother:

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=32429&cat=all&ppuser=247

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1177/Becoming-A-Mother.jpg

[InLoveWithDOTS]

http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/data/500/genuinelove_copy.jpg
http://www.thedigichick.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/46325/ppuser/4050

[Mish Gasser]

My DD just cracks me up and has a way with words, so I wanted to capture that here:

Talk (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15331&cat=all&ppuser=888)


http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1068/MishGasser_Talk_SomethingGirly.jpg

[Andrea]

This story just kills me!

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/Grandpa_s-Little-Shadow.jpg
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=87566&cat=all&ppuser=2429

[Birgit Kerr]

Here's mine - it's also a two pager. Sorry it makes the journaling so small, but here is Page 1 (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=80598&cat=all&ppuser=3366) and Page2 (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=80600&cat=all&ppuser=3366) with the full journaling typed out!

http://theazkerrs.com/surprisetogether.jpg

[KellieP]

I know I have layouts with more serious, heartfelt journaling...but I just couldn't go there tonight...I've had a good day & I needed to stay that way. So instead, you get this! LOL!!

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1178/fear-of-frogs.jpg

Fear of Frogs! (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39300&cat=all&ppuser=1519&sortby=l&sorttime=9999&way=desc)

[sarahb]

Haba Datchi (http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=18617)!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/SarahB717/Scrapbook/HabaDatchi_Cayley2small.jpg

[Heidi]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/IWD_550x550.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=84494&cat=all&ppuser=3673)

[slkone]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c301/slkone/Turning32.jpg

http://www.rakscraps.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=63903&ppuser=6118

Here is the journaling:

Well, here it is - the big birthday.
Number 32. I’ve been anticipating it
for years and now it is finally here.
Why is this birthday so important
to me? Because 32 is the age my
mother was when she left this earth.
32 years old. I’ve made it. I’ve out-
lived my mother. I have no major
health problems. I have two
beautiful little boys, just as
she had two little girls
when she was 32. I
always looked at this
birthday as a mile-
stone for me. If I
make it to 32, I will
have succeeded.
Succeeded at
what, I’m not sure.
But at least I am
here. At least I am
here to enjoy my
beautiful
family and
the lovely life that
God has blessed
me with. At
least I have
good health and
a happy heart
and my Guardian Angel
looking over my shoulder,
whispering to me that I am
forever loved. Feb. 2007

[bjwebster]

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/TeddyGrahams_net.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=99993&cat=all&ppuser=489)

[chslynn]

This is one (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=107260)I did for a challenge on another site. The challenge was to focus on the journaling...
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/No_Pictures_Please_Medium_.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=107260)
The journaling is typed out on my original post...

[AmberR]

http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/data/500/16-weeks.jpg

This layout can be found HERE (http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=28017&size=big&cat=&ppuser=1600)at Designer Digitals. Thank you!

[strawbry_wine]

Here's mine, hosted here at DST:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l171/strawbry_wine/betty_.jpg (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=94751&cat=all&ppuser=2190)

[Jeannie Papai Designs]

I picked the layout I did of my baby Ayden. I feel it captures what I have been feeling for the past year with dealing with Ayden's feet and surgeries on it and up coming surgeries.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d135/MumsStuff/Scrapper%20Awards%20Layouts/Overwhelmed.jpg
Overwhelmed (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=97244&cat=all&ppuser=1342)

[shalinimunjal]

Wishes do Come True (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=46242&cat=all&ppuser=1993)

Journaling:
Every parent thinks that their child is
the most beautiful. I am no exception.
When strangers stop me in the street to
tell me how beautiful your eyes are, or
how adorable your smile is, I smile and
thank them. However, what I want to tell
them is how beautiful you are inside.
How thoughtful and caring you are.
I am so lucky to have you as my son.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m250/shalinimunjal/Wishes.jpg

[Jenna]

Constant Little Reminder of Faith (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=90148)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/060619jw_sohosass_private.jpg

[BeckyO (AlmostMex)]

Most of the journaling I'm proudest of are letters I write to my loved ones, but I think this letter to myself is my favorite.

A Letter to my Younger Self (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=80794&cat=all&ppuser=569)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1317/lettertomyself-150k.jpg

[hazelsmrf]

It in no way can compare to some of the wonderful journalling in this thread, but this is my favorite out of mine:

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/500/color31.jpg

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=106083&cat=all&ppuser=4697

[ccmentor]

Looking in Your Eyes
http://www.gottapixel.net/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/12994/cat/500/ppuser/5067

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/ccmentor/5tghuy-000-Page-1c.jpg

[iamkaren]

Here is one I did about my first best friend:

First Best Friend (http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=77999&cpage=3&ppuser=1512#poststart)

http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/data/1182/1978-Lost-Friends-600.jpg