Don't Forget the Women

This is the last entry for Moore's Creek, but more entries are coming about my drive home from the beach in July 2021. Along the tour route are a variety of memorials, many of which I hadn't seen on my last trip, as I had to cut my tour short. Today, I lingered and took in the various statues. The ones that stood out to me included those for the women of the Cape Fear area and the Patriot Monument. The monument to Mary Slocum is probably not a true story (about having a premonition and riding through the night to save her husband). But the sentiment of a statue for women is unique, and I appreciate the effort. They also serve, those who stand and wait.

The Patriot Monument, also called the Grady Monument, is a sandstone obelisk placed on the battlefield in 1857 in honor of the first North Carolinian to give his life on a contested battlefield for American Independence, John Grady. The monument with the thistle is for the loyalists. Though they fought for Britain, their presence here steered the sentiment that led to the passage of the Halifax Resolves—North Carolina's vote for Independence.

My first note here is to thank my mom for the paper. I was scrapping at her house, and as I had a minimal amount of decorative paper packs with me, I rooted through her stash for something suitable for this page. I chose a piece of paper from the Bold and Slate pack, an Advisor-only paper pack (my customers earn those through purchasing products, and she had earned this set). I liked this paper because of the handwriting design on one side. The journal box is from a very old pack from CM called Archivers. I layered it on a darker mat to differentiate it from that handwriting paper.

To create the design, I turned to one of Noreen Smith's 1-2-3 layouts (December 2016). In the original sketch, the right side had 3 horizontal photos, but it was simple enough to turn that 90 degrees to allow for more of my vertical photos. As I take more pictures with my cell phone, I have more vertical photos. Do you have that same problem? If so, keep a copy of this sketch as it's the perfect way to highlight them. The paper and 6 photos will cover the cardstock, so you can use any color that you want to use up.