August 22 Journaling : Childhood Memory

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  1. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    Hi everyone! For Day 2 of our Weekly Focus on Journaling … I thought it would be fun to reminisce a little. While I was visiting family this summer, back in my home state, we went to an outdoor concert one night. In the quiet between performances, I watched lightening bugs (some of you may call them fireflies - but they were always lightening bugs to me as a child!) start to flicker around us. All it took was one or two to light up the night and it instantly brought me back to my childhood. A whole sea of memories flooded my mind. Oh how I loved those late summer nights spent outdoors with my siblings, friends and cousins so much!

    It’s such a simple little thing, but seeing them even today, instantly takes me back to my childhood.

    Your challenge, if you wish to play along, is to create a page about a childhood memory. Simply journal about anything that takes you back to your childhood … it can be a smell, a place, an activity, an object, a sound, a song … whatever evokes memories of your youth. The amount of journaling you do, is totally up to you.


    Here’s my page:

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  2. Karen

    Karen Wiggle it, just a little bit!

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    What a great challenge Jenn! Hmmm... this is a great excuse to scrap some of my older scanned photos too! Love your page!
     
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    KAPOH Well-Known Member

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  4. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    I don't have much memory of childhood, but I have some scanned photos from way back then that help me remember.
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  5. wvsandy

    wvsandy Grinning Granny

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    I hope this works for Aug 22 & 23.
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  6. mcurtt

    mcurtt give me all the paleo brownies

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    Here's mine:
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  7. AnneofAlamo

    AnneofAlamo Slippers IN sunshine? Even better!

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    I have opened this photo so many times, and laughed and your prompt helped me get journaling and memory on paper! Thank you!
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    flowersgal I have big ears and wide arms

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  9. Juliestcyr

    Juliestcyr Grammar nerd and proud of it

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    Thank you for not making me add a tonne of journalling! Even writing this much was taxing for me. (I think it's because I have a job that involves a lot of writing. It just zaps it out of me or something) [​IMG]
     
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  10. jenn mccabe

    jenn mccabe She's OUR sunshine!

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    @Juliestcyr Yes ... thought better not ask for any specific demands on how much journaling bc it is a WHOLE week of journaling ... I know some of you dread it! But the stories that are coming from these weekly journaling challenges are simply amazing ... I am learning so much about this digi family we have here. It's awesome. :beat
     
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  12. MrsPeel

    MrsPeel LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

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    LOVE the challenge Jenn!!!!! Here is my page, I transcribed the journaling in the image description with the credits in case the font isn't easy to read :)

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    EHStudios I am more clever than I think

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