"Lost love is still love, Eddie. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it. (from The Five People You Meet in Heaven)
And, isn't that why we scrapbook? In a few words, that is why our passion to preserve our loved one's legacy is so strong. Dancing with Memory ~ it's my children looking through my albums and reading the stories; it's sitting quietly in my favorite big purple chair with a cup of chai, counting my blessings and remembering moments past; and, it's looking through scrapbooks to see how He has loved and cared for us.....Our albums are the recorded music that we dance to.
Even as spring is here, and summer is coming, continue taking those pictures, keeping Precious Papers, recording the stories in you Journey Jots, and, preserving the stories in your albums. The time you spend will give future generations plenty of dancing material :)
PS ~ if you haven't read The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, grab a copy. It's a quick read, and, it'll make you look at life through different eyes. We truly do not realize who we impact for eternity.
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