In closing

I finally got April's journaling challenge done over at Moments!!! The Challenge was to Journal a Message. I had to ponder this a bit and decided to go back in time when snail mail was the only way to correspond. Because I was a bit chatty on this one (insert eyeroll) I put together a hybrid. Kraft paper which I love and a pop of color for my boy. QK Journaling (which I love and have been overusing lately (but can you really overuse something that cool.)

Journaling: I was 15 when my parents moved us to Florida and I was NOT a happy

camper. I was also incredibly homesick. I missed my friends, I missed my

home, I missed my grandparents.

Letters between my gram and I flew back and forth daily. 

When she closed her letters she would sign off with

Be Good

Be Sweet

Be Mine

Which evolved into the 3 B’s for short. And it went it in both directions.

I also used the 3B’s in closing when I wrote to Nick those times he stayed with his dad.

UNTIL

Nick enlisted. And served in Kosovo and Iraq. (He’s currently doing his

third tour now). I began a new closing on the same premise. The 3 S’s. 

Stay Safe

Shoot to Kill

Show No Mercy

He was/is in harm’s way, and while I knew the 3 B’s were a given, I wanted

to make sure he had a mantra in his head to keep his bad self safe and to 

come home in one piece.                                                                    

                                                                                                                    So, in closing, 

                                                                                                                           3 S’s

                                                                                                                     Love, Mom