July Challenge "Embrace Yourself"

Love all the challenges posted on TSL. Gave me lots of chance to scrap on different themes and this particular challenge allowed me to scrap about myself for the first time.

This challenge is about embracing yourself. Anything about yourself! For example the really hideous haircut you had years back, the zits on your nose that refuse to go away, your flabby arms, your bulging tummy.

I had lots to scrap about actually, my big bunions on both my feet, my 2nd toe which is too protruding, my big tummy, my mass of stretch marks, my flat nose, my nostrils that flare out when I get too excited (don't try to observe when you see me the next time, I will feel uncomfortable, hehe).

I decided to do one about my left arm, the crooked left arm that is not noticeable unless I'm swinging my arm and you walking behind me, or if my mood is good and I straightened it suddenly and force you to see how crooked it is. Usually, I will consciously bend my arm, or hold my bag just to hide the crooked elbow.

I got teased and bullied quite a bit when I was young. But I never cry over it. Cos it's not a big deal to me. I learnt to embrace this imperfection.

Great challenge! And I love the layout! Very me. Simple. Not overly cluttered. Love scrapping!!

And here's the journaling, so you don't have to squint your eyes to read it:
"Boomerang - That's the name my husband gave my left arm, he said it looks arched and crooked, like a boomerang. I'm born with a normal left arm but an accident at 3 years old (actually 4, my sis told me) changed all that. Since then, I've been the butt of endless cruel jokes through my school days and mindless teasing well into my adulthood. I'm not proud of my arm but I'm not ashamed of it either. I have accepted it to be part of me that makes the unique me. Sometimes I'm still pretty conscious of it and tried to hide my (the crook in my) arm but sometimes I heck it all and swing it freely. I told my friends, in future, no matter how much I've changed or even if I should encountered any freak accident and become unrecognizable, they can still identify me by my left arm, my boomerang."