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New to Digital Scrapbooking, just started in 2019, want to make a record of family stories before my mother passes away. My dad died in 2016. I currently live in Canada but was born and raised in New Zealand, and emigrated to Canada upon marrying my Canadian spouse. Home Country - lets see - New Zealand or Canada? Which to choose? Most of my photos will be from NZ, but any pics of my son will be from Canada. MY IP Address will say that I am in Canada which is fine. My mother and sister are still back in NZ so I will make my home country as NZ for now. For Facebook, I dont check it every day - I am not addicted to FB, and I use a different name for privacy. My image is myself as a child - aged about 2 or 3 years old
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Digital Scrapbook LayoutDescription
This is for the Life Begins Family Challenge in January 2020. I assume that the "Life Begins" tag, probably refers to Babies? Well there are lots of baby pictures of my son in many of the over 250 layouts that I have made so far. I would prefer to not have to repeat those.
So lets look at my nieces and nephews. I have 2 nephews and 2 nieces, the offpsring of my 2 sisters. I have very few baby photos of any of them, but I do have some photos of their childhood.
And as I was making this layout, that's when I had an epiphany!!
All 4 of these children were raised in ONE PARENT FAMILES.
One of my sisters died in 1993, leaving behind 3 young children.
The other sister was separated and divorced by the time her son was 3 years old.
Being raised in a one parent family is a major dynamic in how it affects childrens attitudes and thinking as they grow up. These kids are pretty well rounded and quite well adjusted, except for one thing.
NONE of them are in any hurry to get married or to have children. As of January 2020, they are either close to or past their 30th birthdays. I would not be at all surprised if in fact, none of them actually end up having any children. There is no guarantee in life and they cannot be sure that they won't end up with their spouses dying suddenly (possibly still seen as abandonment) or the marriage ending in divorce, so its probably better for them to not take that chance.
Disclaimer. I am not an expert in psychology, but this is how I think the family dynamics will possibly play out in the future.
Supplies
Cluster Paper and Cluster Frame from the Balkans Bundle by Marisa Lerin.
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/marisa-lerin/kits/the-balkans-bundle-bright-summer-glitter-green-blue-purple-pink
"From Past to Present" Wordart from the Family Game Night Bundle by Marisa Lerin
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/marisa-lerin/kits/family-game-night-bundle-heritage-games-vintage-pink-red-black-white-teal-blue
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It's now well over 2 years later and I want to add an update. Both of my nieces are engaged but not married yet and one of them has given birth to a baby daughter. One nephew is also married as well. The other nephew has not yet found anyone. All of them were over the age of 30 at the time of their engagements and/or marriages. So they took their times. Just like I did!!
Such a funtatsic layout!
Many thanks for participating in the January 2020 Life Begins Challenge!
https://www.digitalscrapbook.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-challenges/layout-challenges/january-2020-life-begins-chall...