This is a picture of my grandparents in the early 1920s. My gramma is one of my heros next to my hubby. Her name was Pauline and she had 7 children and was married at a young age. She was a mom during the depression and the way our lives have changed since hubby fell and shattered his back and we closed our business and money is tight, makes me think how easy I have it compared to her trying to feed her children in a time of a depression with no government aid and a husband who was not always home but long haul trucking. She taught me to scrapbook when I was very little and I remember spending many a night at her home. I had my own little drawer at her house with crayolas, markers, glue, scissors and tape. Tape was a big thing to a 6 year old. I still have the scrapbooks we made together. They have clippings of babies, dogs, cats and purses, and tons of glue, it is funny how my scrapbooks back then are like my life today. Scrapbooking is very personal and emotional for me, it reminds me of times past and I have a hard time finishing pages because that time is past and I can't get it back, and I then have to face it that those times are past, even though I have memories with the ones I love, it still is gone. A little sappy sounding huh.
I miss my grandparents so much. I feel blessed they met and had many lovely Valentines together to bring me to where I am today.
The layout was a kit designed by a great friend Lisa Hall
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