just a little art journal page to capture both my feelings of the day and the hope & lessons learned from each experience. Life isn't always peachy keen. It has its up & downs. I have found that i can take those down moments and capture them in art journaling & scrapbooking to help me see the light. it helps getting in on paper (or paint) to release it from my heart & mind. I am blessed enough to work with a therapist who encourages this kind of art therapy. After my sister passed, i took thoughts & feelings to scrapbook pages and more. it really saved me and helped me heal. We can all scrap the happy moments & events in our lives but is that the complete picture? Here are some of my previous works showing my not so happy side.
Hidden journaling to tell my story. it's behind the blue paper. I was full of tears one day and snapped a self-portrait. This is the real me, tears & all. I'm not quite ready to put the full story out there yet.
Feeling overwhelmed and learning to say no. It was such a hard lesson for me to learn. I did learn by saying no to someone else in a polite way, meant i was saying yes to myself.
A couple layouts about my sister, the funeral & the phone call. These layouts are some of the hardest to create. I cried the entire time i was creating them but again i felt less burden by my thoughts once it they were done.
a layout from a parents perspective. am i doing enough for my kids? do i over do? in other words, all the universal worries of a parent. and one day when my kids have kids and read this layout, they will realize that we all worry.
This was from Dec. 2008 when i was struggling with lots & lots of emotional stuff. I felt lost and heavy. My burdens were weighing me down and i didn't know which way to turn. I was relying too much on myself and not enough on Christ.
ahhh the teen years. Lexi & I had many low points her freshman year and it was quite the struggle. I am happy to say that our relationship is 1000 times better but there was a point where i was extremely worried.
Andy's life as a pilot. The good, the not so good, the real life. We have spent many years as a pilot's family. We know how life is from our perspective but i wanted Andy's perspective. It really helped me appreciate what he goes through on a daily basis.
Real Love
