Do You Scrap the Bad?

Pachimac

Pachimac

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If so, do you really show it all - down and dirty, or do. you still sanitize it?

My MIL died of &%* Covid 19 yesterday -and I am so very sad and so very pissed at the same time. I want to scrap those feelings, but I don't know how - and how far I should go! LOL

I did hidden journaling for my Mom's death, but now I don't remember what I wrote. That's a drawback of that method.
 
Oh no, Susan I'm so sorry! What an awful thing to happen.

I scrap a lot of bad things, but usually not until some time has passed and I have some perspective. While I'm in the middle of my feelings... it would be a lot of tears and cursing, so I keep that to my journal. But if scrapping is therapy for you, then I say do it. You could do hidden journaling by just turning off that layer in your PSD file, Then it would still be there if you wanted to read it later maybe?
 
Susan, Sorry to hear about your MIL.
Sometimes writing what you feel helps you deal with the sadness. Sometimes it can make you more depressed. I'd say do what feels right to you. Maybe you can write about how horrid Corvid-19 is in one layout. And make a tribute page to your MIL with her best qualities!
 
I am so sorry to hear this news, Susan. I often scrap the bad stuff but I do think I sanitize it since I don't know who my audience will be some day. That's just me though...But...you need to make that decision for yourself, if it makes you feel better then go ahead! This is what scrapping is all about, you!
 
I'm so sorry Susan. :( This is a devastating time. I do scrap the bad, but not often, and I definitely sanitize, especially when it comes to my own mistakes, because I don't know how much I really want my future grandchildren and children to read - I try to keep that in mind when scrapping!
 
That is hard. I have journaled off and on though out my life but when my dad and then my mother died, I wasn't writing. I really wish I had. I think back but it is not the same as having that information written on paper. You might not want to scrap it right now but for future generations they may want to know. It might help them when they have to deal with a death of a loved one.
 
Oh Susan. I am so very sorry. I do scrap the bad stuff but sometimes the journaling comes later. I don't want my scrapbooks to not include real life and a death is a part of my real life story. Take some time to journal. Write how you are feeling in a journal or on a text doc and attach it to the pse file or save it in the folder with the layout or pictures. Then it is there when or if you want to go back. I did a lot of hidden journaling when I paper scrapped. I didn't know who my audience was at that point but I didn't want to forget the details either. It is easier to do that on paper scrapped page.
Hugs and prayers to you and your family as you go through this.
 
Oh Susan, I am so sorry to hear that...

I do, scrap the bad.

When my father passed away, it took me three years to finally complete the 5 page story from when he was in the hospital up until we brought him to the park. I know that time that I won't be able to scrap it soon because it will hurt, so I made sure that I have a notebook for all the notes I need and want to include, as well as photos.
 
I haven't tried to scrap the angry feelings, but I did scrap a page with the flowers that people sent us.

 
Susan, I do scrap the bad - but I try to creatively. You have done a lovely job with the flowers. Perhaps one day you can scrap the deepest of the heartache.
 
Susan you have done a beautiful page with the flowers and the tribute to Mom. I don't scrap much bad. I did scrap concerns over current times, but basically I am not willing to place too much of my deep thoughts 'out there' for not knowing who might read them.
It's a personal choice.
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msbrad said:
Susan you have done a beautiful page with the flowers and the tribute to Mom. I don't scrap much bad. I did scrap concerns over current times, but basically I am not willing to place too much of my deep thoughts 'out there' for not knowing who might read them.
It's a personal choice.
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I make our Project 52, which is for family, so I can say a little more than I usually would. The real tough ones I do NOT post in the galleries.
 
Hi Susan,

I'm so sorry for you lose, but what a beautifull page. My dad died suddenly in February and I wanted to scrap his death for our family album. I was thinking of scraping a big photo of him, with a few thougt on one page and on the page after this I wanted to write what really happend and how I felt. Than, when the photo book will be finished at the end of the year and I'll get the printed photo book I would cut 3 sides of the photo and glue the rest of the first page onto the second page. So I would have a hidden journaling behind the picture. I'm not sure, if that will work.
 
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