At the CHA Summer Show (Chicago), this little black box was nearly misplaced!!! That night, when we discovered that it was missing, I couldnt even speak a word. We had to wait til the next day to find out if anyone found it at one of the manufacturer's booths.
That night, as I laid in bed, I very worried and I felt this numb pain creeping up on me... as I envisioned the painful loss of my photos and memories... my sons' baby pictures, my family gatherings, makans with my friends, my own observations... all that had happened to me for the past many years... GONE!!??!!!
I tried to calm myself down... and I remembered my Photo-A-Day Calendar, and the scrapbook layouts, and the mini albums, that I have created over the years... yes, especially the PAD Calendar. I cannot describe how thankful I felt for the time and effort that I had put into creating the PAD Calendar... at least there was some form of snapshots captured of my life!!! I recalled reading a blog entry by Stacy Julian (but I cannot locate it now :( ... alamak!)... where she wrote about how 12 prints are treasured more than the 10,000 that are sitting in our hard disks... I totally agree!!!
Fortunately, the little black box was found the next day in safekeeping with the manufacturer rep. I sighed a huge sigh of relief, and gave thanks for the recovery. I promised myself that I will keep up with the PAD Calendar for the rest of my life. (Oh yes! And back-up my data!!!)
A couple of weeks after the Chicago trip, I received this wonderful message from Shimelle
She puts the right words to my philosophy for scrapbooking... this is sooooo relevant to me... I am truly humbled and touched.
I have so many stories to tell. I have so many thoughts to share. And It is important that I make time for this.
