The strength you had to scrap this part of your reality is wonderful! You are an amazing woman! May great things find your door step and grace your life and family!! TFS
Everything about this is stunning. What a strong lady you are to have went through all of this & be able to share it. {hugs!!} It's a beautiful, artistic, and wildly honest page...bravo. ;-)
I can't imagine having to be all along at the hospital during that ordeal and then having to drive home. How heartbreaking!! Your journaling is so heartfelt, and for all the complications you had you have 2 beautiful girls to show for it. So glad it had a happy ending for you!!
This is absolutely amazing. I admire you so much for being able to tell your story and I am sure that it will help someone else with their losses as well.
I don't know what to say, I'm speechless!! This is one of the most beautiful pages I've ever seen!! your journaling is both heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time and the layout out itself so creative and lovely....adding this straight to my favs!!
This is beautiful. I too lost a baby, and it was the most difficult time in my life. I really love your layout, and I love the creativity you have to create it. This actually isn't a "layout", it's a piece of art. Beautiful.
very powerful and touching journaling...it rings true with me because I had the same thing happen to me with my first and only pregnancy...this lo is so beautiful...great design :)
OMG - what a story - you made me cry .... I'm so sorry you had such a hard time, and so very sorry you lost your first baby, and had no one there to comfort you. I'm glad you have your children now, what a blessing. This is very moving. Excellent job and beautiful too.
Sweet page! I also have an emotional pregnancy/premature birth story that I have been wanting to scrap somehow but haven't quite found the way that I want to do it. This LO inspired me to get out those pics and really start playing with some ideas.
Thanks for sharing!
this is just so awesome...i really don't even know what to say. the lo is incredible and the journey that lead to it - even more so. the photo is gorgeous. beautiful work!
This is a great LO and I too give thanks to a loving Savior for what you have. People that struggle to have children really understand the true gift that God gives with a child. TFS and God bless all of you.
I also love this song. Makes me cry almost every time. Your story gave me goosebumps. Thanks for sharing it with us. Beautiful page too. This is a piece that could easily be featured in an art gallery. Very innovative, wow!!!
this is so creative...great work! This is just an amazing piece. This is real art. And when you combine the story with it...wow...very powerful stuff! TFS...amazing!
This may just be my favorite layout of yours EVER!!! I love everything about it!!! Your picture is beautiful, the wings are amazing, the heart with the journaling is gorgeous!! The buttons, the roses, the colors!! I just love it!!! Your story behind the song is so touching. I'm with you on this one!! Your story hit home all too well. Wonderful job!!! A+++++++
omg theresa!! i can see how this song means so much to you!! the meaning behind this song is amazing, it's much more meaningful than any song has been to me! you worked so hard to have you girls, and they are truly a gift! this lo is sooo amazing too, that pic of you is beautiful! i love the wings, the buttons, the flowers, and how you wrote the lyrics in the heart! it is just amazing!
First....this layout is amazing...REALLY fantastic! I love the pic and the wings and the heart...WOW! Very Powerful! Second, your journaling was so touching! It strikes close to home for me, and being able to see your words was wonderful!
Wow! This is an awesome layout! Very unique & interesting! I'm so sorry for you loss, but so happy that you now have 3 beautiful miracles. Thanks for sharing such an emotional time in your life.
Absolutely, positively STUNNING layout!!! I love your journaling, though I know it was a very difficult time for you...Your design is just soooo perfect, and the heart and title is magnificent! Love it all!!!
Wow T. This song held the VERY same meaning for me as it did for you. I am so so very sorry for your loss, and for the pain you endured with your pregnancies. Been there. This LO is beautiful and SO eye catching. I am currently working on a PG layout and having SO much difficulty with it. Thank you for the inspiration to keep going.
Theresa, this is absolutely beautiful!!! Your journaling is priceless!!! (You know I'm a BIG fan of journaling!!!) You really did a fabulous job on this one!!! WTG!!!
this is soooooooooo creative! but your words - well having traveled down similar paths its so touching to see it so well written, so beautifully detailed -we dont forget the heartache even with the joys that came after but there is something special about that - ya know on the other side - i ramble - the layout is AMAZING!!!
This layout is how the song “Arms Wide Open” by Creed has meaning to me. It was inspired by the Meaningful song challenge hosted by Jill. This song portrays the meaning of pure heartbreak to utter happiness- the journey of motherhood for me. All three of my pregnancies were rough.
My first pregnancy was a hard one. It took us a long time to get pregnant. When we did I was sooooo excited. I started buying little baby stuff here & there, started picking out names, all that happy stuff, until I stared having problems, the ultrasound showed a heartbeat, but the dates were wrong, I kept thinking that it could not be right! So close to 3 months pregnant, I had started to bleed, my hubby was working so I called everyone in my family & no one was around, so I had to go to the hospital by myself. They did the ultrasound. I lost my baby. I sat there, just staring, not understanding…all alone. I didn’t cry, until my Mom called the hospital looking for me {she was out of town & got my message}. So, after a few hours, they kept me there, until THEY thought I was fine. I was not fine, but I had to make them think I was so they would let me drive home. I just wanted to go home and forget about it. On the way home, I can remember the song Arms Wide Open, It ran through my head, over and over….I lost it, I could hardly see driving. I just felt so empty. I lost my baby!
Getting pregnant with Reese was a very long journey. I had to be on fertility drugs it took well over a year and then the problems started. I was so nervous to begin with, then all the problems came; I went into preterm labor at 27 weeks. I was put on bed rest. I made it to almost 37 weeks. She was healthy. I thank God for that! Funny thing is that every time I heard the song, I thought for sure it was bad luck & I was going to lose my baby.
My third pregnancy came as a surprise. I still had many problems with being pregnant with Cameron, but not near as many as I had with the other two. So weird thing about it all was on the way home from the hospital while bringing Cameron home, the song came on. I took a deep breath because I knew it was all ok this time and that my journey was complete. I am so thankful for what I have.
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