Sue, I want to thank you so much for making this scrap book for me and for posting it. I will always cherish it and will take it with me to my 2 year deployment to Afghanistan. Ed
WOW this is seriously an awesome page! this is going straight to my favs. love how you used all these textures and earth tones. all the little details really stand out! GREaT PAGE!!
What a wonderful page. You really did a great job complimenting them. That is a truely beautiful dog. The fact that he is your brother's trained partner is awsome.
What a perfect LO to go with your "Searching" page! I really love how you placed the photos and distressed everything ~ Absolutely AMAZING, my friend!!!
Wow. I don't know what else to say, Sue. Just wow. Your brother is an incredible person, and this page is a wonderful tribute to him. I'll be thinking about this one for a while. Very thought provoking words.
This page is amazingly beautiful, and the story of your heroic brother was very touching, what a wonderful person, this is a wonderful memory page of him!!! God Bless!!
wow..awesome companion page. What a wonderful and sad story. You've done awesome work on these pages..more than equal to the story they tell. That doggie is beautiful.
This is such a stunning layout!! I love how the embellishing really gives a natural feel to compliment your pictures! Beautiful, but still so masculine! TFS!
Good gravy!! I thought I was in love with your other page....this is just jaw dropping GORGEOUS work Sue!! I love every little embellishment and finish you added to this page....I seriously can't stop staring at it ....total fav!! Love your work!
Wow this is just beautiful, and what a wonderful page for such wonderful friends. I just applaud what your brother does, it tells a lot about his character. This is just wonderful so full of emotion.
Sue, what a gorgeous page, and what a beautiful dog too. I'm so sorry for the loss of this wonderful friend. I understand, I lost my precious Speckles on Dec. 27. I miss her every single day. This is a beautiful tribute, such a gorgeous page!!! TFS.
Love the rustic feel of this layout. Everything fits so well. This is a perfect compliment to your other page which I also adored. Love the letters and beautiful pictures. Simply SCRAPtastic.
This page goes with the "Searching Page" (posted March 14th) (I'm a little slow these days!!) Mato, my brothers dog always went with him on his excursions. To understand this, I have copied the journaling from my other page:
While I value freedom – I hate war. Why? People die – families suffer.
Please note: I am NOT posting this page for it to become a sounding board about the pros and cons of war, this is simply a page in the album I am making for my brother.
Journaling says: "It is truly a noble deed for a man to attempt to bring closure to another man, woman, child or family, without a cost involved. Even if you don't find what you are looking for, just for the fact that you took the time to search." (by: Sue Hagerman)
Several years ago I found out that my brother, who lived in Germany (for several decades) would take time out from his schedule and go into the Huertgen Forest and other areas, with his metal detector, and search for MIA's from WWII.
I'm not sure exactly when he started doing this, but I remember reading a newspaper article about a man here in the States who made 2 trips to Germany to search for his brother who was lost during the war. My brother called him up and told he would help to look for him.
Speaking the language helped him overcome many barriers that others might face, also knowing the terrain helped. Working for the government probably helped too. He never did find the man's brother or others, but he spent many weeks looking. And yes, his dog, Mato, (in the picture) would go with my brother on these expeditions. (He does have a head, it's just turned, but it's the only picture I have from that trip with him in it.)
Really, it was his willingness to do this that impressed me. How often do we extend ourselves; our time, and our money to do something noble, just to help someone else out?
In 2007 when I went to visit him, he took me to one forest area near where he lived and we brought his metal detectors. Within no time at all, we found several WWII bullet casings. He showed me how the landscape in all different areas is full of foxholes that have filled with debris, leaves, limbs, etc over the past 60 years. And hidden away, that is where some of these MIA's are. It was very depressing.
Thank you Gabrielle for these awesome papers that were perfect for documenting this event in his life. It was not easy to do.
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