I have always lived 500 miles away from any family member; my mother died when I was twenty-five; my darling grandmother died three years later; I have three amazing girls; I have a best friend who happens to be my husband of over thirty years. Scrapbooking lets me connect with my family from far away; it lets me revisit my mother and grandmother in my layouts; through my pages I can trace the path my children have taken from birth to school, college, marriage, and beyond; I can relive those thirty years over and over. Scrapbooking is the medium that lets me touch the past and the future…