Dear Bum--** 3 challenges in one layout**

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Dear Bum-- 3 challenges in one layout

A tribute layout for a friend who passed away recently. **WARNING, this could make you cry** I took the Garden Challenge–scrap an older photo and write what you remember, the Pub Ad Inspiration Challenge–scrap 4 photos on the diagonal, and the Journaling Challenge #10–write a letter to someone. Steph said it didn't have to be sad, but this one is. I needed to write this letter to find some closure in Jenny's death, and the challenges just all worked together so well for that purpose. Please, no comments about my hair. It was the 80's. Products used: KI Greatful stripe (to the rescue), Paper Reflections CS, Canson photo corners, Zig writer. The little boogie thing on the scan really isn't there on the layout, it was a blob of glue on the scanner bed. The journaling is cleverly hidden behind the pictures and didn't scan too well, it's not happy journaling so if you don't want to read it, it's OK. But this is what it says: <p> “Dear Bum, why we started calling you that, I don't know. And if it bothered you, I never asked. I hope you knew it was entirely a term of endearment. I hope you knew how much I loved you and appreciated your friendship. I'm so glad you found my email address last year and wrote. It gave me a chance to say thank you. I got to tell you how much I appreciated you. Even though I didn't get to say goodbye, I still got to say thank you. Looking at these pictures, I remember all the funny and silly things. I caught you at the bottom of the waterslide at Youth Conference in the first picture. I think it was 1988. You were soaking wet, but happy. The next picture is at Lake Erie–I don't remember which beach it was. Julie probably took it. We spent a lot of the summer at the beach. It was so much fun. Judging from my hair, this was probably my Junior year, your Senior–1989. The next one is us in 1986 if I'm remembering correctly. I remember this picture being taken, Julie probably took it too. You were scrunched down next to me so you wouldn't look so much taller than me. In fact, I don't think I have a picture of us to show the height difference. I know it always bothered you to be tall. I just thought it was great for our basketball games at church.You always stomped on the other wards! :) The last picture is from your last youth conference, I guess it was mine too. We were roommates that year–1989. You didn't want me to take your picture, that's why you were only slightly smiling. We had so much fun that year. Thank you Jen for being such a bright memory in my teenage life. I am sorry that your life got harder as we got older. I'm sorry you lost your mom in the accident. I'm sorry life became too painful. I'm sorry you struggled with demons I can't even imagine. When Julie called to tell meyou had died, that song by Survivor, ”The Search Is Over,“ kept running through my head. That was your's and Mark's song, but I wonder if that how you now feel. It's over. I'm sad that you are gone. I miss you. I hope you have found peace. Thank you for being my Bum, Jen. I love you. Love, Emily”