One moment

One moment

a beautiful night in front of the fire

a day of enjoying the sun and gardens

dancing with your son to Strawberry Fields

dancing with your daughter to the music in our head

painting toenails

loving your precious Ellie ... the best lab ever

a quiet table with your hubby, enjoying a cup of coffee

sunday morning with the smell of flowers wafting through the house

Moments in time ....trying to remind myself that there are good moments and to take the time to breathe them in.

Altered book journey for Nora's birthday

I decided to try something different this year and apply the heART techniques I have learned to the grief journey..I find myself struggling every year as we approach Nora's birthday. It starts with Easter which was the baby shower we had for her and ends on June 18, the day I finally got to meet my angel. It was suggested that I do something to mark the passages of this journey so I decided to do an altered book. I never realized that altering books could be so liberating, a way of changing what was once never to be changed.

There was a time in the past that I was afraid of this time of year but now I find myself embracing it, like a dear old friend. I know it will come every year and I hope that from now on I will be able to just greet it and spend time with it. The altered book has allowed me to do just that. I find myself moved to alter pages, to take my feelings and put them on paper, to be as dark or as light as I feel in the moment.