Saturday, February 27, 2010

An Emotional Rollercoaster......................

is the only way I can describe the past few weeks, but I made my peace today and buried some demons. I haven't had contact with my Grandmother for 9 years after a nasty family falling out, but in recent months, primarily due to her failing health and her making peace with my Dad, I have felt the need to make my own peace. The reasons have ceased to become important, but it was important to me that she didn't pass away thinking I hated her. So today, with my Dads help, I visited her for the first time in over 9 years and it was hard, but I am so glad I did it, so glad she got to meet my gorgeous DS. And I will visit her again. Only looking forward now, the past is buried......................

As a result of my rollercoaster I haven't done much scrapping, but fate works in mysterious ways and the couple of projects I have completed helped me with clarity regarding what I knew I needed to do.These projects were for the "Crowned" comp at Scrap Dango.
There was a Sparkle and Shine themed challenge and I scrapped a mini album for my Aunt and her family:

 
  
  
  
  
  
This family lost a son and brother in a car accident 10 years ago and have really struggled, but at this event they were shining and the sparkle was back. Although I have always known it, there was a realisation that life is not a dress rehearsal ~ you only get one go!! I have asked Mum to pass the album onto my aunt as I can't deal with anymore rollercoasters at the moment.
The second project was to scrap a memory of the past, and here goes fate again, a photo of me and my brother in 1972 on the front steps of my Grandmothers house:
Anyway, I'm feeling alot better and ready to move forward.........................

Cheers........................Leanne

1 comments:

Sue said...

(((Leanne))) So glad you visited your grandmother. It is hard when something like that happens, but now you can put it behind you.

The LOs are all lovely and even more special due to the circumstances.