Term 2 Week 5 Challenge
This week's challenge was to focus on the journaling on a layout and NO photo, or you could choose the hard option and journal about a piece of clothing but include a clip art picture or something like that. Well I did not have NO story about a piece of clothing that I could think of so I went the easy option this week.
I have so many things I could journal about but decided that a story that needed to be told was the one about Jamie, when the doctors told me he had down syndrome. Some things in this I have never told to anyone, especially my visit to the little chapel. Plenty more thoughts and words to god were said but I chose NOT to mention this in my journaling. Since it was going onto a forum that many people would most likely read. I hope that no-one gets offended by what I wrote, but this is the truth and if you were some-one in my situation you would probably have felt the same way. I was only 22 years at the time, Jamie's father did not even acknowledge him and I virtually did everything on my own. As I have always said, "I have become a stronger person and a better person for having Jamie in my life" and now would have it no other way.
My wish was granted and Jamie became a fighter and even though he has had many battles over the years to fight, he now is a healthy little boy. Every-one that meets him falls in love with in an instant, he is lovable and watch out because he can understand everything you say. He takes everything in and has a good memory, he might be slower in reading, writing and adding up but he makes up for it in other ways. His speech is limited but he tries so hard and you know mothers they can understand everything in an instant which might seem like gibberish to everyone else, but it is a normal language to ME!
So here it is "Becoming your MUM" I have concentrated the whole concept of my PP (by cutting it up into strips and than different lengths), to be unstructured to reflect the turmoil of how I was feeling.
Even though I came to grips with Jamie's disabiltity all those years ago, this is the first time I have been able to convey my thoughts into words.
I am not sure whether you will be able to read my journalling though. But if you cant you can go have a look at Scrapbook City just click on the link and hopefully it will take you there!
2 comments:
Thats is some powerful journalling Brenda, It brought tears to my eyes.
I would never be able to fully understand what you were going through. But I am sure I would have reacted the same way and I honestly think most people would.
You did a great job Brendy. It looks like it took you ages.
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