Wednesday 28 March 2007

Find Joy in the Little Things


I made a card for my aunt - my Dad's eldest sister - today. Her daughter/my cousin died on my Dad's birthday last year, so in a few days it will be the first anniversary of her death. She was only 34 when she died. My aunt now has to contend with her grief for my Dad on his birthday as well as her grief for her only daughter (and the four children my cousin left behind who now have no mother) on the same day. It is a terribly sad state of affairs; words do not really describe the situation with any degree of adequacy. On that basis, I have given up trying to put things into words. I made the card just to let her know that I am thinking of her and to tell her that I know that my Dad would have been thinking of her and my cousin on his birthday were he still alive. I know this because he and I had discussed it and he was not keen to celebrate his birthday this year. I hope my aunt likes the card and I hope it gives her a small degree of comfort to know that we are - of course - thinking of her.

I used my new Quickutz Revolution die-cutter (for the first time) to cut the scalloped edges. The rubber stamps used are part of a current "Stampin' Up" set sent to me by an American friend (as they are not currently available in the UK)... and I like them a lot!

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