Butterfly Mini Album for Ibbit (Elizabeth)
I used the accucut die Build a butterfly and it can be purchased here.
Have a great day! I hope you enjoy the music and the pictures
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Adoption Reunion Chronicles — the Struggle for balance.
This post is more a meat and potatoes kind of post than anything else.
You see, Dorthy wants me to call her “mom” all the time and I just can’t do that, at least not yet. The honest truth is I don’t know that I ever will be able to do that. As my husband put it, “Loretta you’re just not that attached to her (Dorthy) yet.
Plain yet simple truth, I have struggled with trying to balance kindness with my own needs to care for our home and family.
I still have Chad to care for, this house is in need of a great vacuum job and one of the dogs decided she thought it would be a great idea to roll in a pile of grass clippings that have been decomposing for quiet some while.
Can you say ick? It was gross. She was literally green. Any part of her body that had white fur was now this well shade of baby poop green. I picked her up, and took her straight to the sink, both laughing and wondering how the heck she got so messy.
She took her ‘medicine’ well, and didn’t fuss when I bathed her, quiet the opposite, she seemed to know that the price for her crime was a good wash and go.
My other struggle with her is though I do feel “love” for her, and really desire to get to know her more, if she continues to call me when I’ve told her as kindly as I can that I will call you tomorrow or later on today (what-ever) I will have to simply allow the phone to go to voice mail.
I tried to explain to her I actually understand how she feels. With Craig now grown and gone, I am not able to speak with him as often as I like. Gone are the days when we could just chat on the phone. He has his own grown up world and life, I just have to trust he will always love me and will call to talk when he is able.
She seemed a little bit more settled after that part of the conversation. We’ll see how it goes. I need to start turning my attention toward her health, and get her to sign a release so her physician can speak with me about her current care (or in her case lack thereof).
I am also concerned that she is not getting the proper amount or types of nutrition, she has to be over 350# with type II Diabetes neither are good factors. I need to dive in and be sure she has enough money for good groceries.
The same goes for Elizabeth (Aunt Ibbit) she had $16 left after paying her bills and used it to buy a few groceries. I am trying to find out how I can purchase a gift card for her at the place she likes to grocery shop.
The alternative is getting a Walmart gift card since she does have a Super Walmart near her home.
I am genuinely concerned about each of them, I highly believe I have returned at a time in each of their lives that I can possibly affect some positive change. I hope and pray the Lord will continue to use me to both bless and help them in any way I am able.
Have a great day, I’m working on a butterfly mini album for Ibbit, she wanted some pictures of Barbara and I in a book “kinda like the one you made your mom”. I can handle that, pieces cut, glued and dry, now to start the decorating and the filling it with pictures. Stamp happy, be a blessing!
Elizabeth’s teeth The Adoption Reunion Chronicles
What a wonderful morning it has been. OK, mostly wonderful.
I had the refrigerator from hell to deal with, so while I was washing shelves and removing questionable produce from there, I decided it was time for a much needed brake.
I called my Aunt Elizabeth, to see how she was fairing and to find out when she was finally going to get her self some new dentures.
Many years ago she had to have all 24 of her teeth pulled because a dentist had put lead fillings in her mouth, the lead started to poison her entire system and she managed to scrape enough money up to be put to sleep to have all the extractions done in one sitting.
She has finally gotten some funds up for new permanent dentures, and she is so excited
Her son, Tim who has been clean and sober for the last 18 months, interviewed for a job today. He is so proud. As I am of him and his continuing efforts to stay clean and sober to gain an income and help to support his mother.
Dorthy is doing well, she is finally settling down and I am happy to report that she hasn’t called me at 1:30 am again lately. Ahh, sweet rest.
Have a great day! Go bless someone!
Queen Kat on Tuesday
This card is a great example of using Queen Kat stamps along with supplies you already have. I used the new Inkadinkado dollar stamps I purchased from Joann’s craft storey today. I had such a great time shopping there.
This is also a project I utilized papers from my scrap stach. These where parts of other projects I cut down and sponged to get the final project finished and polished.
Once again I colored this image with copic markers and once again I couldn’t resist the opportunity to use another google eye.
Please give this project a try. Stamp happy, be a blessing!
There She Goes
Loretta and Dorthy
Stamps by There she goes and Paper Pretties!
Finally, some resemblance of “normal” that is if I can convince Dorthy that calling me at 1:30 am is not such a great idea.
I wanted to post the top picture of she and I eating out at Red Lobster before our trip ended last week. I had such a good time and still (for the most part) enjoy our daily chats.
While I was in Marietta, waiting for my flight back to Baltimore, I stopped at several stamp stores.
I bought this set entitled Craftier Tag lines from one of the stores, The sentiments are from There she Goes, LLC. I love all the inky friendly sayings, and paired them with an image from Paper Pretties, the little girl is holding a suite case, and since I was traveling when I bought the stamps, thought it was perfect.
I used my big shot to cut the nestabilities dies and used scrap paper from my whimsical mini stack from DCWV. All images are colored with my copic markers.
I hope you will enjoy this card, I’m meeting my friend Erin for lunch and some shopping tomorrow. I am so looking forward to some girl time, she is the ‘go to’ girl for ordering sushi! I have such a nice time with her.
Stamp Happy, be a blessing!