When I found this LO tonight, I couldn't stop the tears as I took the journey with you. Your work is simply stunning and the journaling touched my soul. What a sweet reminder that God's desire is to see us shine...and as a result, He is glorified!
Your desciption of this time in your life is so amazing. You make a great valid point about only needing God when we are in need. Thank you for bringing that back to the forefront of my mind. I do try to cherish the little things of everyday. On top of your awesome desciption I love the Paper peicing, the flowers and the colors. The pics are just perfect as well. Super super LO!
Your desciption of this time in your life is so amazing. You make a great valid point about only needing God when we are in need. Thank you for bringing that back to the forefront of my mind. I do try to cherish the little things of everyday. On top of your awesome desciption I love the Paper peicing, the flowers and the colors. The pics are just perfect as well. Super super LO!
This is the most personal LO I have seen and it's very well put 2gether. My son asked why I did a LO on the things that were stolen from them, I said cuz life isn't always good and scrapping the bad also tells our stories along w/the good. The bad parts of life play a part in who we become later in life.
Wow you would never think something so serious could ever happen. But in REAL life it does. Unfortunately to the best of us. I am so glad your little boy is still here with you. I love how you did this page and "You Raise Me Up" is one of my favorite songs by Mercy Me.
"but I promise if you put your trust, your Faith, and your hope in him and rest on his shoulders, he will lift you up and make you more than you ever thought you could be."
Amen! Awesome LO. TFS
This is one of the BEST layouts I have ever seen! You are amazingly talented, and your journaling touches my heart! I'm so glad your little one is OK...Stunning tribute to your faith and gorgeous work of art!!!
Charlette, your journaling gave me chills. My ds had reflux also, and spent his first year and a half on a monitor because he would stop breathing because of it, and then his heartrate would slow down. Your journaling brought that all back to me. The way he would turn blue, and the sleepless nights. The monitor would go off sometimes as often as 20 times a night. I know how scary it can be, and hope he is doing much better now.
Ok, you have brought tears to my eyes. You are amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I am glad everything turned out alright with your little one. That must have been so hard. I am glad you have such amazing faith. You are truly an inspiration!!
God changed everything there for a reason and you knew and now know his presence...It is an amazing feeling! This is a beautiful layout...What makes it even better is that it is real...and straight from the heart! God Bless!!!
Ali x
I'm stunned. All I can think is: I'm so glad you are still here. What an incredible experience you had, I can't imagine the horror and fear over the though of losing your dear sweet baby. That truly is a mother's nightmare. And thankfully, you prevailed! And what you have created here is a testimony to your love and faith in God. It's beautiful.
OMG! This is simply stunning. The journaling is beyond amazing. I absolutely love the colors and those photos are fabulous!!!! Great job! I truly love your work!
This is beautiful!! Your journaling is awesome as always. It is amazing how in the midst of chaos God will give you peace. Grant is a precious little boy and someday - when he has kids of his own - he will understand and appreciate all you have gone through for him.
WOW!!!!!! This is so beautiful...that is one of my favorite songs too. What a journey you went on!!! Thank you for sharing this...Putting it into my favorites :)
Has your life ever been so incredible that you thought nothing bad could ever penetrate your perfect little world? You had everything under control and you didn't need help from anyone...including God. I was at this point almost three years ago. I had a great husband, a great kid, and another baby on the way. We lived in a great house, had a comfortable lifestyle, and we had great friends. The only time I thought about God was when I went to church on Sunday...My life was perfect...I mean really, what did I need God for?
Then I got a dose of reality. Real life came knocking on my door and my life changed in an instant and it will never be the same again. My newborn was one week old and while I knew that he would spit up a little after each bottle, what I did not know was that his reflux was life threatening. At exactly one week old he refluxed an entire feeding and sucked every bit of it into his lungs. I watched my infant turn blue and I watched him so desperately trying to breathe that his eyes were literally bulging out of his head. My husband was frantically trying to get some oxygen in him as we waited for the ambulance. Later at the hospital as I stood over him watching him take each and every breath, I sobbed..."How can I do this? I'm never going to be able to leave his side...what if it happens again?" I don't know how to explain what I was feeling except for pure terror. My baby had come so close to death and at this point we were not sure how he had been affected by oxygen deprivation. I sobbed and cried and then from deep within my soul, the things I had grown up learning about in church took over and I cried out to God...In an instant my fear and terror turned to peace and comfort and I felt God say, "Charlette, this beautiful child is mine. I am guarding him and he is going to be healthy again. I am entrusting him to your care but I am always with him. You don't have to worry or stand over him every minute because I am always with him." From that moment on, I never worried about his reflux again. It also brought me back into the arms of my Heavenly Father who was waiting for me all the time. Since that time I have lived real life twenty four hours a day seven days a week. For the first year of Grant's life I got a maximum of two to three hours of sleep a night and sometimes I was so bone numbingly tired that all I could do was fall on my knees and call out to God. Often, I am ashamed to say, I would wish for death. That is how exhausted and unstable I was. I would say to God, "I can't do this. This is more than I can be. I can't go on anymore, I can't be a good mother, I can't be a good wife, I can't be a good friend, I can't be a good Christian..." Then one day I heard this song come on the radio and time stood still. It was as if God was speaking right to my heart and I let the words carry me into his presence. This song and God's Grace brought me through some of the most difficult times in my life....Reality...Real life...sometimes it is so wonderful you are on that high mountain...somtimes it seems you can't go on...the seas are so stormy you can't see the shore...but I promise if you put your trust, your Faith, and your hope in him and rest on his shoulders, he will lift you up and make you more than you ever thought you could be.
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