Memories are made of this...

Tonight is Prom night. It's a night to make memories that will last a lifetime. It's the first time that you get to wear a ballgown not because you are playing dress-up or wearing a costume, but because this is the night that you are allowed to look like the princess you truly are! This evening, I took photos of my lovely Godchild looking every bit the princess that I know she is... for she is a lovely child of God!
Then while walking downtown tonight, I walked passed other prom goers and thought about the memories made at my own prom. My school had a Junior/Senior prom, and so I went two years! On those nights of not so very long ago, the princess wore ballgowns of pink satin and white lace! I remember dining elegantly at "The Club" with dear friends wearing equally elegant attire, and chatting at dinner like the "grown-ups" we were suddenly becoming. My junior prom memories are filled with friends a year older who were once my neighborhood playmates. Our hairstyles coiffed in that post eighties/early ninties pouf. My senior year prom memories recall the heat of the evening... which was probably 100 degrees in the high school gym, and the decorations of course. But the memories that truely linger sweetest are the memories of my Grammy coming to attend the pre-prom festivities, my mom helping pick my dress, my collegiate friends coming to video the night, and the fun and laughter of friends who made a difference in my life!
Girlhood memories of longing for the day you finally get to wear a prom gown remind me that my expectations were probably far more romantic than the evening really was... but it will always be a night of memories! The memories are not of what I expected... but they are better sweeter more wonderful than I could have imagined! I hope tonight is a night of memories for my sweet Godchild! I hope she knows how much she is cherished and prized, and that the memories that she comes to cherish in her heart are just as precious as mine are!

Making memories... one page at a time...

I love to make colorful scrapbooks. It's the kind of hobby that you can work on a little bit or a lot. Tonight was my first night to organize a scrapbook event at church. I really hope that it's the first of many events like it... I just think that scrapping is the type of hobby any woman can enjoy. It doesn't have to be fancy or frilly. It can be a plain Jane style and still be beautiful in the eyes of the beholder. Because the reality is that a scrapbook is a reflection of the legacy of your life. Within the pages of a book, you can share what's happening in your life, who you love, who you miss, and what you enjoy doing. Today, I didn't do a lot of scrapping for myself, but I did help my friends work on their pages and that was fun!