A Challenge!

It's amazing when you find yourself stuck on a project, that sometimes when you finally get the inspiration, or make the decision, or whatever happens that gets you moving, that the end result can be way better than you expected! Our latest design team assignment from Wiggles and Giggles had me stumped. I loved the papers I had gotten - the Autumn Bliss line from Little Yellow Bicycle. The colors were great - I had a great assortment of embellishments - even the nice acrylic overlays and journaling cards. Pictures? I had nothing. I went through all the pictures I had on my computer - don't know why but almost none were taken in the Fall. The only Thanksgiving pictures I had were of our little sad table for two at home. I thought about doing something about the things I was grateful for, but didn't know quite how to approach the pictures. Also, since so much of what I'm grateful has to do with health, I wasn't sure I wanted to display something so personal in the store. Well, I was at the store on Saturday, and was talking with Lakisha about it. She pointed out that making it personal would really show what scrapbooking is all about and encourge customers to think about their own scrapbooking. Well, I sat down on Labor Day afternoon, and took some pictures of myself. A couple turned out pretty good. Hmm. So I got the left side of the layout pretty much conceptualized. Now I had to do the journaling. Boy - writing about yourself is HARD! About 15 tissues later, I had it written. Here's the result:













If you can't read the journaling, here it is:

Even though my health isn’t what I would like it to be and sometimes it’s really a struggle, I think about all the other people out there with problems much worse than mine…

Even though I get short of breath doing every day things like getting ready for work, I think about those who don’t’ have a job to go to…

Even though I get winded cooking a meal, I think about those who have to go without…

Even though children sometimes stare at my airhose, they’re just curious and it gives me an opportunityto teach them about how people are different, and sometimes their parents too…

Even though there are a lot of things I can no longer do physically, there are so many things I still can do, and those are the things that make me happiest and feed my soul…

Even though there are days when I need help, I’m grateful for my husband, who helps me in so many ways, and my friends at work who always think of my needs…

Gratitude and Happiness…
It’s all about perspective…

Happy Fall, y'all!
Nancy