Cindy here! I've been unearthing a lot of old treasures recently, including pictures from when my husband Steve and I were first dating. I scrapped before we met (2002) and after we married (2004), but I stopped scrapping during the year we were dating and the year we were engaged. I'd like to go back and get those pictures in albums. I started with our first Halloween together.
I had so much fun cropping and arranging the pictures, choosing papers, and selecting embellishments! It all came together so quickly and easily... until I got to the journaling. I really struggled with what to say. Do I write from the perspective of 10 years later? Or do I write what I would have written back in 2002?
It's tricky. In 10 years, a lot has changed. Steve and I got married, as did one other couple from the photos. The only couple in the pictures that was married at the time have since divorced, and two other couples have separated. Two friends have moved far away. None of us get together for Halloween anymore. In the end, I decided to keep my journaling fairly general, mentioning who was there and how much fun we had together.
As I scrap the rest of the pictures from 2002 and 2003, I'm sure I'll face this issue again and again. I'd love to hear how all of you journal about older photos!
I bet that was tough but I think you made the right decision.
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