Midnight Madness

Well, it's past midnight now. I had a long sleep this afternoon, so am not tired now!! And the peace and quiet allows me a little time on the computer to download some digital scrapbooking ideas. Then all I need is a week or so of uninterrupted time to do pages and pages of photos.
I am going to do some layouts for my DD and can't wait to get started. She will do the journalling for me to add to the pages; and I will get to create layouts of DD's family, including three of my lovely grandchildren. DS's wife has just started digital scrapbooking, and shares my excitement with the speed with which you can do a page.
Since I started digital scrapbooking, I have done lots of single pages; a Christmas album for DD, entitled "Through Granny's eyes; an album for my special great niece; a little album for Miss 5's cousin; started an album for a friend's elderly relative, with tiny pictures which I scanned and enlarged; and a holiday album for Miss 5. I also have works in progress of albums for each of the grandchildren.
Although I love working on the pages, photos, layouts, etc, the best thing for me is the journalling. I want my legacy, my thoughts, stories of our lives together, to be recorded - for when I forget.
My Mum had such a wonderful memory and would tell us stories of her childhood, her family, and her siblings. Although she still remembers these things in her past, she cannot remember what happened just a little while ago. She will be 102 on July 7, God willing. This past year or two she has been gradually becoming more frail; some days she appears to sleep all the time; other days she is bright, chatty, and walking around the hostel.
So this is why I want to 'immortalise' my memories and tell those I have photographed over the years how special they are to me.