Scrap Your Trip Adds 268 Items + 268 S*A*L*E Items

Do you believe in coincidences?  I don’t.  I believe that everything happens just as it should and exactly at the right time.  I don’t always know why at the time, but there is always a reason. My boyfriend is very logical. And fact-based.  He has an Economics degree (the only class I ever failed in college!) and a law degree.  He says there are six degrees of separation between almost everyone on the planet and if people walked around with a talk bubble over their head showing how they were connected to you, it would freak you out.

I told him he may believe in math, but I believe in magic.

The absolute weirdest thing happened to me about a week ago and there is NO WAY this is a coincidence.

I don’t know my biological father.  He and my mom divorced when I was only a few months old.  She married my dad when I was one and he’s the only Dad I’ve ever known.

But, I’ve had a lot of abandonment issues my whole life.  I’ve been working through them for years.  They’ve gotten a lot better, but every once in a while they really rear their ugly head.

Several times I have looked for my father.  Never anything seriously, just searching online.

About a year ago, I thought “Facebook!”  And sure enough, I thought I found him.  Same name, right age, right town.  I Facebook messaged him and asked if he went to the high school where my mom said he went.

I never heard back and to be honest with you, I had kind of forgotten about it.

Last week, I ended up in a pretty intense conversation with this woman I had just met.  In the course of the conversation, I shared how I have these “I am not good enough” issues, which I believe stem, in part, from the abandonment issues from my father.

(I mean, I am a parent and I don’t understand how ANYONE could just walk away from a child and never look back.)

We ended up spending about 30-45 minutes talking through things and her trying to help me release some of the negative energy I hold about all of this.  I was emotionally drained afterwards.

That night, I looked at my email on my phone and stopped dead in my tracks.  There was a Facebook reply form the man I am pretty sure is my biological father, saying, “No, I didn’t go to that high school.”

A year later?  On the day that I just spent time trying to release my negative energy surrounding him?  Really?  You can’t possibly tell me that’s a “coincidence.”

I don’t know what it means, but I do know that “everything happens for a reason” an that sometimes it takes awhile for us to know what that reason is.

Anything really freaky like that ever happened to you?  Share your story on the blog.

Now, ready to see some gorgeous layouts?

Let’s take a look at all of the awesome collections that we have this week, starting with “One Fall Day” by Bella BLVD.


"One Fall Day" Collection  
"One Fall Day" Collection   We also have the fun and playful, “Alphabet Soup Girl”, “Alphabet Soup Girl” by My Mind’s Eye.  Keep in mind, these collections can also be used for a wide variety of layouts (not just for boys and girls).


"Alphabet Soup Boy" Collection  
"Alphabet Soup Boy" Collection  
"Alphabet Soup Girl" Collection  
"Alphabet Soup Girl" Collection   Tiff has designed a super cute (but simple) layout using K and Company’s “Confetti.”


"Confetti" Collection   We have two different styles of Christmas collections this week by My Mind’s Eye – we have “Holly Jolly” and “I Believe.”


"Holly Jolly" Collection  
"Holly Jolly" Collection  

"I Believe" Collection  
"I Believe" Collection   We also have “Road Trip”, “School” and “Halloween” by PaperHouse Productions, “Sports Head On” by Scrappin’ Sports and More and “Rustic Garden” by The Paper Company and wait until you see the sweet, SYT collection, “Chocolatier.”

Our SYT die cuts this week include: Beach, Cruise, Homecoming, Great Outdoors, Wedding, Kids, Dog, California, Caribbean, France, Italy, Thailand, Mexico, Fall, Halloween, Christmas, Music, Swimming, Drama, Tennis and Football. We also have new custom items for you to choose from:  Chocolatier: Sweet Custom 12 x 12 Paper and Custom Pumpkin Frame Laser Die Cut.

Click here to see all the new items:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/9292010.html    We also have 268 overstock items on sale at 25% off.  Click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/9292010sale.html       We’re sticking with (what seems to be) a favorite promo, all orders over $75 between 09/29/10 and 10/01/10 will be entered into a drawing and three lucky winners will get the entire amount of your order (including shipping) refunded.  The winners will be announced next Wednesday.   And speaking of winners, congrats to the ones from last week!  We’ve refunded the entire amount of your order!   Lisa M. Federspiel
Kelly Matter
Martha Jarred
Patricia Azan
Piper Nicholas
Dawn Kitagawa
Debi Hoskins
Laura Shamber
 
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