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This is my grandpa...he raised me...I have 3 pictures of him, all black and white, this is my favorite...This is for the "You in 52" Challenge on Debbie Dare and a random Challenge with the Sassy Blinging Babes....This LO was extremely hard on me, but I am so happy I did it, I love the way it turned out..
For the SSB challenge the requirements were:
Use a Sketch
Use a Title..monochromatic for additioal points
Use a claendar page..I couldn't find anything I liked for this, so I typed something up on Word
Dry embossing (more circles on my flowers)
Circle
For "you in 52" it's a LO about my "greatest Influence in Life"
The Journaling reads
My Greatest Influence easily was my grandfather. He took on te responsibility of raising me, and I adored him.
He was born in Bournie Texas in February of 1896, and migrated with his family to Arizona in a wagon.
In his younger years, he was a Trick Rider and Shooter in a Medicine Show. He fought in WW1, and was stationed in both Siberia and China. Later he worked underground in the Copper Mines in Arizona. He retired somewhere around the time I was born, and became a care taker on a cattle ranchi in the Arizona Mountains, where I grew up.
I don't think there was anything he couldn't do, and he taught me everything he know. We were together all the time. He made sure I learned to Cook and sew and be a girl, because I was very much a tomboy. He saw to it that I went to Church and knew the Lord, even though he wasn't much of a Chruch going man.
What ever Morals and Values I have, I owe to him! I have lost my way in life many times, but my Grandpa's teachings have always brought me back.
Though short in stature, he was a giant among men, and will always be the biggest and best man I'll ever know.
He passed away in January 1979, just short of my 19th birthday.
I still miss him everyday!
TFL!


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