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CACTUSmango
March 4, 2008

sMiles from Heaven [SUAS wk1]

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sMiles from Heaven: Running with Angels is the name & slogan of the local charity running organization that I've been praying deeply about creating to benefit family's who've experienced the loss of a child & to fund prevention research. I'm giving myself time to research & plan. I hope to hold my first Charity Race event in 2009.


This challenge definitely pushed me outside of my comfort zones & I can’t tell you how much the process has touched a chord within me.


Journaling:
The doctors said there was nothing I could have done to prevent “IT”…
Nothing I can DO to prevent “IT” from happening again.
Well, they are wrong.



I dream
of running
with angels;
of my babies
smiling upon
me from
Heaven above,
as I run, run, run -
Each mile I smile
back up at them will
fund life saving
research into finding
the answers
needed to keep
our babies alive.

I am a mother of two babies, born straight into God’s hands; I have struggled over their sudden loss and with the emptiness & longing in my heart for them. I knew from the moment they were born, that I would not let them be forgotten no matter how short their lives were on earth. So, I ran for them. No, not just any race, but a full-on, no-holds-bar marathon. 26.2 miles – I thought “I CAN DO It!” I was called bold, crazy even…for I had never ran farther than 13.1 miles and I had little training. (not recommended, of course) But I did it anyway! Because I was driven by this vision of my two babies up in the sky smiling upon me, as I took every step in that race. I imagined their little angel wings on the back of my white & blue Mizunos. If there was a cool breeze against my back, I knew it was their spirits running along with me, saying Go Mommy Go!


I want to share with others who’ve lost their child, the joy of running the distance. I dream of having others run alongside me wearing their children’s “birth race bibs” – the race numbers representing the month & date of their child’s “birth day”. This number would correspond with a mile marker along the race. And each runner would raise money for research into the causes & prevention of miscarriage, SIDS, and for local bereavement support services. I know there will people who will think that’s crazy, you can’t prevent miscarriage. Once it starts you just have to let it take its course. You just have to move on. And its true, life does move on, but I will never forget the love I have for my babies as they grew inside of me. No you can’t take that away from me. I'm just TIRED of hearing "there is no known cause for miscarriage" and "there is nothing you can do." Aren't you?
Credits:


Brown highlight (duplicated & recolored), arrows & heart brushes (gradient added), Jackie Eckles, Little Dreamer.
Glitter brushes (gradient overlay added to stars), Obsidian Dawn.
Tasty tattoo brushes (recolored & burned), Jason Gaylor, Design Fruit.


Laura Apulche woman stamp (recolored, texture overlay & cut out arms & legs), oscraps.
Anna Aspen, Stand Up Woman, circle brads, SUAS kit.
Anglea Barton Make a Difference stamp (burned letters, added gradient & texture overlay), SUAS kit.
Christina Renee Designs, layered vintage frame (also recolored & extracted staples), SUAS kit.
Amber Clegg, Charmed wings, Scrap Artist,
Lisa Whitney, bird embellie (cut out & doubled the wing), SUAS kit,
Standup clip, Aneal, SUAS kit,
Hand painted flower, Julie Mead, SUAS kit,


(Blended & burned edges of the following paper):
Standup paper 2, Michelle Coleman, SUAS kit.
Standup paper 4, Aneal ?, SUAS kit.
Standup paper 2, Gina H, Weeds & Wildflowers, SUAS kit.
The Oldies paper, Merkeley Designs, oscraps.


Fonts: desryel, dirty headline, arial.
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