Miss you Mom

Today is a special day in my life. A year ago today the world lost an amazing woman, a woman who was selfless, kind, caring, a beautiful soul. A year ago today my MIL passed away while I was in the next room nursing Tutu just after 4am. I had been up with her all night changing the dressings on her wound every hour or so because it was leaking so badly.  After suffering with the tumor for over  3 years, taking care of my step-FIL before he passed away, after spending 4 months in the hospital and 5 months at home she left her earthly body and went home to be with God and all her family that went before her. She no longer had to suffer as she had been for a long time.  She was so strong but the cancer was stronger then her. She was more then just a MIL to me, she was a second mom.

This is Rock's favorite picture of his mom because it shows so much of her fun personality.

I share more about MIL here when we celebrated her life at the cottage this summer.

Mom I love you so much, and miss you like crazy. Christmas wasn't Christmas without you, no one to decorate with, sings carols with, bake with, with the same enthusiasm you did.  I hope you are resting finally and enjoying your eternal life.



As with previous weeks I'm linking up with The Pleated Poppy and Mama Go Round.

What I wore to Monkey's Christmas concert and work.
hair pin - gift from my mom
cowl necklace - made by me
t-shirt - Penningtons
skirt worn as a strapless dress - Thyme Maternity
jeans - MXM

What I wore to Christmas Eve - it seems like I'm into the turquoise accessories since I wore them  times this week. In my defense it went with my tree.

hair pin - gift from my mom
cowl necklace - made by me
top- Penningtons
skirt -Penningtons
leggings - Penningtons
 bracelet - Forever 21
earrings- made by me

Christmas Day
hair flower - Walgreens
t-shirt - Forever 21 (gift from my dad, he has such good taste, ok so I picked it out with Monkey)
 belt - Forever 21
bracelet - Forever 21
jeans - MXM

And here is the whole family on Christmas day. I shared pictures from Christmas Eve here and will share more Christmas pictures this week, along with some of the gifts I made.

 

 

On Boxing day I made a quick run to Michael's to spend some Christmas money and spent the day in comfy clothes so no pictures from then. Yesterday we went to visit Rock's extended family and this is what I wore.

hair pin - gift from my mom

t-shirt - Forever 21 (this is a better picture as you can see all the embellishment on it. And yes I wore it twice in a week)

 belt - Forever 21
bracelets - Forever 21
jeans - MXM

The necklace that I'm wearing there is one I never take off. It was my MIL and she bequeathed it to me. She wanted a journey necklace for the longest time. FIL promised to get it for her for their 20th wedding anniversary. He got really sick a few months before that milestone and passed away the day after their anniversary.  She never got her necklace but her boss being the great man he is (they had been working together for 12 years) bought it for her on her birthday last year. She got her necklace she wanted for the longest time.  I wear it everyday to remind me of her, to keep her strength with me, her wisdom and guidance.

I'm sorry this wasn't such a happy post, but this whole season I just wasn't feeling it.  I hope my MIL is watching down on me and proud of what I have accomplished, proud of what our family has accomplished and proud of what her son has accomplished because Rock has made so many life altering changes in the last  year.

Be good to all those around you, love them and let them know because you don't know how much time you have with them.

Ania

Crafting for a Cure

So the bug that I've been fighting since Monday has finally got a hold of me. Sadly I didn't work out this morning (3rd week in a row) or go to work (I talk on phones for a living, that's not going to help a sore throat and a froggy voice). I stayed home with the 2 little ones who also weren't feeling well.

So today there is no update on my training, but I did want to share a few of my newest projects.

I finished my last Hope picture

So I am donating it to help out a friend raise money for the Weekend to End Women's Cancers. I'm doing this to help up a bunch of people, to help my friend, to help family members who've battled cancer and in MIL's memory. If you want to help out to you can donate here. Please donate if you can, even small amounts help. Even if you can only give $10, it all adds up. If 100 people give $10 then they are $1000 closer to their $10,000 goal.

Because I haven't been feeling good so I thought I would just do some colouring. I printed out a few of my pictures in black and white to colour.

I did my first one and it turned out cute.


And I did a second one.


And I turned it over and thought it looked better on the backside.


So I tried tracing the details onto a page backwards so when I was done colouring it would be the right way on the cool side.



Which lead me to try it on special paper designed for markers.


I love the way they turned out and how it was a process I kept building on.

So today when I was home and surfing the web on my laptop (my biggest accomplishment for the day) and pinning all the things I would love to try and make on pinterst, it got me to thinking that since I returned back to work I don't have time to craft anymore. I guess that's why I post lots of pics of my artwork. Paint, markers, crayons are all portable and things I can work on during my breaks and lunches. Weekends come about and after cleaning the house and doing fun activities with the kids there is very little crafting time. During the week, after dinner and homework we go for walks taking advantage of the nice weather. Then it's bath time and bedtime. By the time everyone is in bed, I want to join them not go pulling out my supplies and craft ( well I do want to I just don't have the energy to do it). Maybe tomorrow I'll pull out my supplies and try and play.