Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Feeling Blue!

Hello my blogger friends.

Hope you are having a nice "middle of the week".

I just wanted to make a quick stop to show you this layout I made for the Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge.  The direction is to scrap about something sad.  Not everything is in pink around here, you know... but God is always there to remind us that all these things are part of life.  I always say us humans need the sweet and the bitter, so we can really understand what sweet is and appreciate it when we have it.

So I decided to scrap about my dog-son.  He was sick the other day and he was very weak.  We were very worried and didn't know what to do.  We had taken him to the doctor and he was on medication but still we did not see improvement.

I could not take him out of my mind while working and asked to myself, what are we doing wrong?  I asked God to please help us understand so we can help him.  He is very important for us and has given us so much joy in our lives.


There was one day that he was so weak that we really got scared.  It was a work day and I stayed with him during the morning to watch him.  Then my husband stayed in the afternoon...  He was the one who received the call from the doctor telling him to take our dog for hospitalization because some analysis had came out and he was not good.


Long story short... he was with the Vet 2 nights, he recovered...  but recently got sick again, and we found out it was this virus that stays in and out from the body (it hides) and thus the in and out fevers and so on.  Now he's still taking medication and getting better and better.

The page is titled "Feeling Blue" and I cut the silhouette in the photo and added a white cardstock thin border to provide some "light" to that magic moment when I was trying to cheer my dog up for a photo but all he did was to put his head in my lap and I kissed him, and took the photo.

Journaling will be hidden in the little envelope at left and it says outside:  skies are gray!



When my dog is sick I feel my heart is in pieces.  That's why I covered this chipboard heart with pieces of paper and some outside of the heart to show that.  (I now realize the date is missing in the journaling card in the photo, but it will be there before storing in the album... LOL!)

Well... hope your gray moments are less than the pink ones... but remember they are necessary.

Have a great rest of the week.




12 comments:

Tracey Gregory said...

Thank you for showing us this tender layout and for linking up to us a SEM.I can see what a special relationship you have!

Gladys said...

que bonita historia. ¡como se quieren los hijos de 4 patas!

Rosita said...

me encanto la LO'.. y la historia super tierna ...

Gracias por compartirla...

Sherri said...

You scrapped the challenge perfectly Myra. Glad to hear your little guy is on the mend. Thank you for linking up with us at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.

blsd2scrp said...

beautiful, just beautiful! You captured such a loving moment to express this challenge so greatly! I love this! Thanks for sharing with us over at SEM!

Svetlana Austin said...

I am glad that he is getting better. I can't say that I am a big dog lover as you are but when my dog gets sick, it also breaks my heart :-(
I am glad that this challenge helped you to scrap all those feeling. you did wonderful work with your LO!
thank you for joining us at SEM!

Cara G said...

Love your take on this challenge Myra...beautiful page for a special relationship! Thanks for sharing with us at SEM this month!

Yani said...

Que se mejore pronto!!! Muy lindo tu LO!

Marjolaine said...

Beautiful layout, I love the heart and all that it represents. Thanks for joining us at SEM.

Nicole Brenna said...

Myra! I know oh so much the feeling of having a sick dog... they truly are so part of the family. I know my dog is getting old and I know that my heart will break the day he goes to heaven. I am so happy your dog is better. Thanks for sharing your layout with over at SEM

Sonia said...

Espero que ya haya mejorado. Beautiful layout, great job!
-Sony

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