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This is my response to *jesse*/Jesse's Challenge for Scrap Happenzz Critique Group to scrap one of the biweekly QueZZtions of the Moment that gets asked in our group. The quezztion I picked was "When did you realize you could make it on your own?"
Journaling: "In late summer 1989, 18 years old, I moved to New York City to go to New York University. My parents gratefully paid for my schooling but in every other life aspect, I was alone for the 1st time ever in my life. I was across the country from my hometown of Houston, TX, & I didn't know a SOUL around. There were so many things I'd never done alone before. Sounds silly but I had never gone to an airport alone before. I had never made my own doctors' appointments. I had never been away from home for more than a few days. I had never lived amidst total strangers or had a roommate other than my sister. I had been so eager to leave TX, but I missed my family & friends, my boyfriend at that time, I missed being known for my achievements in high school, I missed the new wave/industrial clubs I loved so much (NYC clubs were more house music, ew). I missed the city that was familiar & comforting & home. I was immensely thrilled to be in NYC, hypnotized, but life was turned upside-DOWN. And I needed that time, that tough era, in order to grow up to be who I am today (still in NYC!)."
This is kinda a departure for me, I rarely scrap only one pic! But this shot of me in front of my dorm on my arrival day there said it all (BTW I was MORTIFIED my 'rentals snapped this pic in front of the dorm, now I'm thankful they did). That's not a blue ink stain on me, that's a "welcome to your new home" lei that was slapped on me upon arrival. I was so excited but totally overwhelmed by my new situation & this pic captured that.
I used a vintage NYC postcard, a scan of one of my old school IDs (bummed I couldn't find my actual freshman yr one) & some Club Scrap postage stamp embellies.
PP was a giftie from Gelidy Gelato - thanks Lisa! And thanks to Jesse for a marvelous challenge that delved into our past group stuff in a way that we hadn't done before, I don't think (plus cool that my journaling was almost already written in my response!). And much appreciation to Brenda for posing the orig quezztion.
Pardons that the scan chops of the page edges as usual.
TFL. :)
Thanks for spreading positivity!
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