Such a touching story. I know you said it hurts your heart & I understand. But be thankful for the reconciliation. Not everyone gets that chance, you are truly blessed. Cherish the happy memories. Lovely LO. You do a great job. You inspire me. Thank you.
Paula in NC
Oh my gosh! This is so touching! The poem brought tears to my eyes. This is such a gorgeous lo, you should be so proud! Has my vote for inspirational. I'm so jealous that you have the storybook cart, I've wanted that forever!
As a personal story, this is very touching and poignant. I applaud you for sharing it. As a work of art, it is the finest. I like the way you created balance by chronologically placing the poem on the left and your journaling on the right. It's the way our eyes travel here in the western part of the world, so this makes sense. The flowers create a soft division on the diagonal, which brings home the point that there used to be a hard line drawn between you and your Mom, but over the years it mellowed. I also like how you connect the two realities with a picture of yourself. The key is also a nice metaphor for what you may have been holding back (under lock and key, if you will). This is just gorgeous. Sorry about the long comment, but I felt compelled to tell you all that I thought about it, since you have obviously worked so hard on this!
Everything about this is beautiful. The placement of everything and everything used. I hope this was cathartic for you, I am sure it touched many people.
This is one of the most touching pages I have ever seen. Its so much like my life and my relationship with my mother. Thanks for reminding me how much my Mom means to me.
Oh my goodness.....I'm crying right now. This is such a powerful and beautiful page. Through your mothers poem I felt her pain. Thank you for sharing such a personal topic. Your LO is AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL!!!
WOW, this brought me to tears. What a tribute to your relationship and how FORGIVENESS can change the lives of those involved. Thank you for sharing your heart felt memories. I love the colors and butterfly and key on a ribbon. Very Unique and BEAUTIFUL. God Bless.
Wow, this is amazing. What a wonderful tribute to your Mom, and to YOU! Thank you for being open to sharing it with us...it's a wondeful page and gives everyone something to think about and remember.
This is a very touching page. I am sure that many of us regret the way we treated our parents in our youth and live in hope that they forgave us before we lost them in this life. Thank you for being so open and willing to share this with all of us. It is a beautiful tribute to your Mom and a beautiful reflection on you as well.
I don't quite know what to say...this is so touching and right now I have this huge lump in my throat. What a beautiful lo this is and even more special is the journal and the poem!
Oh My...I have no doubt about your Mom forgiving you... and how proud she would be and probably is, of you today...Thank you for sharing such a Precious Page :)
This is absolutely beautiful and so moving. I had a daughter who ran away at 15 and lived on the streets, so I know the pain of that. I also know the joy of her recovery at 18....becoming a nurse and an awesome wife and mother of four wonderful children, now young adults. I am so grateful that you shared this....your words and your mother's poem say it better than I ever could.....beautiful page and a moving legacy. Sometimes the memories we leave don't have to be balloons and ice cream. Thank you!
wonderful tribute to your mother, love the lo and the journing, the poem. gret work and wonderful that you found what your mother wrote for you.
i know how she must have felt been there with one dd and my son.
but remember a mothers love is a forgiving love.
god bless you. so sorry for your loss.
hugs
Oh my goodness, this is beautiful in all ways. Gorgeous to look at, beautiful photo and the poem and journaling brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for sharing.
This is so powerful, and the layout is gorgeous. I'm sure your mother loved you very much, from her poem, and it doesn't sound like she placed blame on you at all. You did a beautiful job on this!
What an inspirational lo!! Your mom as well as God has already forgiving you, now you have to learn to forgive yourself and telling this story is a great start and hope you help others to. Thank you so much for sharing such a heartwarm, personal memory with us and GOD BLESS you through your journey!!
The background pp is Basic Grey's "Recess".The pp I did the journaling on is Creative Imaginations.I used my Cricut storybook cartridge to cut out the vines.I made the red flowers using my large flower punch.Butterfly from Hobby Lobby's floral dept.Word key is Tim Holtz. I think the "poem" is pretty easy to read.I printed it out on vellum.The journaling,maybe not so much.It reads....
When my mother passed away,we were pretty close.But it wasn't always that way.At the age of 14 I started running away from home & living on the streets of Ft. Lauderdale.I'd be gone for weeks,sometimes months.I even dyed my hair brown in the hopes that she wouldn't recognize me.She did though.This photo was taken during that time by an art student.I was 16. Some years after her death,I was going through her things when I found this "poem" scratched on a yellowed piece of paper.I know that she forgave me when she was alive,but it still hurts my heart.
After viewing this,I decided to add my mom's poem,as I couldn't read it without zooming in.It reads.... Lost Child My daughter's gone now. We cannot live together anymore. She was the dearest baby of all. Always smiling,always busy. Never whining or demanding. If she had no friends she did without. Watching TV and playing with her dolls. Creating endless projects to fill the time. I was always sick or preoccuppied. She never seemed to mind, But kept her cheerfulness intact. Without my knowing, she had withdrawn from a lonely little girl Into a secretive adolescent. And as I became aware of this, She drifted out of my life, Into a world peopled with others like her. Beyond my understanding and control. It is my fault. I love her. And it is too late.
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