9-11-01--you gave me a reason to smile

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9-11-01--you gave me a reason to smile

I have wanted to scrap these pictures for a long long time. She was 3 months when these were taken and she will be 3 next week.I had wanted to do them girly but decided to scrap the actual reason that she wore the dress.The layout design is a BH sketch. The “flag” was done with MM paints.The Statue Of Liberty is untinted and the journaling is behind it with another picture of the towers (layout 3) The journaling reads:These photos were taken at one of the roughest time of my life. After the complications of giving birth, Trevor’s major seizure and my hysterectomy all in a short four-month span September 11th occurred. I had still been on bed rest that fateful day. Lisa Fraser was there helping me take care of all of you. Auntie called me and told me to turn on the TV. I watched that television in horror as they showed us those planes crash into the twin towers in New York City over and over again.There was news coverage 24 hours a day. I cried all the time. My heart went out to all of those who perished that day. Mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters, brothers, grandparents and friends no one was spared. I cried hardest for the children who lost their mothers, fathers or worse….both.After 3 days of coverage I couldn’t take it anymore. I begged daddy to get me out of the house for a while. I still wasn’t supposed to leave but I had to get away from it. We decided to go look for bikes for the boys.Patriotism was at an all new high. Flags flew everywhere. People wore Red, White and Blue with more pride than ever before and it was prominent on everyone’s attire. I felt that Patriotism like I never had before. I was and I still am very proud to be an American. You were all so young. None of you understood what was happening in the world. I dressed us all in red, white and blue that day. I could think of no better occasion for you to wear this dress for the first time. You looked absolutely darling. At 3 months you had mastered smiling already. You were so willing to smile for these pictures. At the worst time of my life…..and America’s you my beautiful girl, gave me something to smile about. Thank you!TFL