Charley this is sooo wonderful...thanks for sharing your story...it has me in tears...what a scarey ordeal to go thru...and how amazing that God showed you his grace and strength...and isn't it amazing how songs and music can have such a healing effect for us.... You are an amazing women! thanks again for sharing your story.
You have no idea how much this lo inspired me, spoke to me, took me to a place I needed to be right now. Isn't it amazing how God leads us to do things....he has it all in place in the big picture. Thank you so much. I totally love this lo and the journaling is just amazing, I'm in awe. It's so real, so raw...love it girl!
That is truly beautiful journaling!!! It made me cry and i could so relate to the order of Motherhood and all of those things that I thought about while going through the worst sleepless nights! I am amazed by your layout too... it is so gorgeous!
I have goose bumps running down my spine. Your journaling is so heartfelt, so real. I am glad that you have found God to lean on. [[[hugs]]] thank you for sharing.
WOW! I am always amazed at your journaling, it is so amazing and REAL!! I love this lo and really appreciate that you are so brave to share your journaling! Thank you.
I am sitting here with tears flowing down my cheeks for your honesty & pain. You are truly an inspiration to be able to share such private journalling.
I also use hidden journalling, especially on my depression LO. Very private thoughts on it.
i'm crying like a baby right now. Things have been kind-of hard right now- with the pain in my arm, and just stuff- then God leads you to a layout and your friend talks from her soul- it's Gods way of talking to me- thanks for being the artist who created the layout to talk to me- I really needed to listen. The layout is amazing.....hugs.
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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