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Resident published in scrapbook compilation
By Brad Witty
If a memory is truly important, it should be recorded for others to see.
That's the message of "Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul," which includes a story titled "I Promise" by Frisco woman Jlyne Hanback.
"Basically I'm a professional scrapbooker," said Hanback, who has done work for several publications, including Better Homes and Gardens. When she found out that the publishers of the Chicken Soup Books were doing a book on her hobby and occupation, Hanback jumped on it.
There were many entries into the open submission competition, which made Hanback's acceptance call from the publisher that much more surprising.
"I was very excited, but it was bittersweet," she said, explaining the events that inspired the story. Approximately five years ago, Hanback's father was diagnosed with cancer.
Two years passed before he died, but no amount of time could have fully prepared Hanback.
"While snapping photos in his final days, I realized that he had several stories and memories that would be dying with him," she said. "I had run out of time. I wished that I had taken time while he was alive to record all those things."
The experience showed Hanback how important it is to take pictures and create scrapbooks for her own family, in hopes to "preserve family events for future generations."
She lives with her husband, Noel, her two sons, Alexander and Matthew, and her daughter, Domonique. One child is in high school, another is in middle school, and the other is in elementary.
In the scrapbook Hanback made about her father, there is a picture of them together alongside an image of a rainbow in a clear, blue sky. It is a reminder of how her father told her that anytime she saw a rainbow, she should remember that he is looking out for her and the family.
"Some people might think I'm crazy for that," Hanback said, "but it's a symbolic thing that comforts me."
Another experience that showed her the importance of preserving memories was the destruction of her family's home in Biloxi, Miss., when Hurricane Katrina hit.
She has made a scrapbook that shows her children on the beach in Destin, Fla., just before they returned to Biloxi to find their destroyed home.
"It was the last time they were happy, before we lost everything," Hanback said.
After a couple weeks of living with relatives in Tennessee, the Hanbacks decided to move to the Dallas area.
"I grew up in OKC, and I always loved Dallas," she said, citing the trips she took there with her father. The family chose Frisco based on its schools, and within 48 hours, a house was bought, and the children were in school.
"Chicken Soup" book has given Hanback a taste for book publishing that she hopes to experience again.
"I would love to. I love to write. It's something that comes very easily for me," she said. "It wasn't something I had a lot of confidence in until I got that call."
That's the message of "Chicken Soup for the Scrapbooker's Soul," which includes a story titled "I Promise" by Frisco woman Jlyne Hanback.
"Basically I'm a professional scrapbooker," said Hanback, who has done work for several publications, including Better Homes and Gardens. When she found out that the publishers of the Chicken Soup Books were doing a book on her hobby and occupation, Hanback jumped on it.
There were many entries into the open submission competition, which made Hanback's acceptance call from the publisher that much more surprising.
"I was very excited, but it was bittersweet," she said, explaining the events that inspired the story. Approximately five years ago, Hanback's father was diagnosed with cancer.
Two years passed before he died, but no amount of time could have fully prepared Hanback.
"While snapping photos in his final days, I realized that he had several stories and memories that would be dying with him," she said. "I had run out of time. I wished that I had taken time while he was alive to record all those things."
The experience showed Hanback how important it is to take pictures and create scrapbooks for her own family, in hopes to "preserve family events for future generations."
She lives with her husband, Noel, her two sons, Alexander and Matthew, and her daughter, Domonique. One child is in high school, another is in middle school, and the other is in elementary.
In the scrapbook Hanback made about her father, there is a picture of them together alongside an image of a rainbow in a clear, blue sky. It is a reminder of how her father told her that anytime she saw a rainbow, she should remember that he is looking out for her and the family.
"Some people might think I'm crazy for that," Hanback said, "but it's a symbolic thing that comforts me."
Another experience that showed her the importance of preserving memories was the destruction of her family's home in Biloxi, Miss., when Hurricane Katrina hit.
She has made a scrapbook that shows her children on the beach in Destin, Fla., just before they returned to Biloxi to find their destroyed home.
"It was the last time they were happy, before we lost everything," Hanback said.
After a couple weeks of living with relatives in Tennessee, the Hanbacks decided to move to the Dallas area.
"I grew up in OKC, and I always loved Dallas," she said, citing the trips she took there with her father. The family chose Frisco based on its schools, and within 48 hours, a house was bought, and the children were in school.
"Chicken Soup" book has given Hanback a taste for book publishing that she hopes to experience again.
"I would love to. I love to write. It's something that comes very easily for me," she said. "It wasn't something I had a lot of confidence in until I got that call."
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