You can always stage the photo, if you need to. You have 15 boxes of photos to scrap. The other woman was doing her best. Perhaps you need to re-examine your values. In this season upcoming especially, I need to remember that this is life, not a 60-second commercial.
Life is perfectly imperfect.
And yes, that is the splendor of it all. Before we get too far into this season, maybe you too will want to join me in resolving to be a kinder, gentler scrapbooker. And if a few photos don't come out, if the camera doesn't work perfectly, if two images overlap or smear well, so be it. Let us resolve to smile graciously and move on. There are no photos of that manger in Bethlehem either, and yet, the picture exists clearly in the minds of millions.