Some Scrappy Stuff...

A few cards from the scraps of the Lo's below: Happy Summer, Thanks and You're Wonderful


This LO is of my MIL and my daughter back in 2003...



This other one is of me and my son and all the smooches that he gives me, it just melts my heart. I made the sun with one of the circles of the paper from Cosmo Cricket and some ribbon. Everything here is from one of the kits from Apron Strings...

This one is from Christmas 2004 - our first Christmas in New York. Yarelis was 2 years old and I was pregnant of Shawn. The little tree in the left side corner of the left side of the LO is made with buttons (even the star).....

And finally a LO about my grandmother, my mother, my daughter, and me...hence the title of the LO being 4 Generations. This LO will be one of those treasured one when my daughter grows up...

All these LO's were made yesterday night....and that's all I have to share. Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Conversations about Heaven with a 6 year old and some food for the soul...

Yarelis: Mommy, abuela Titi is in the sky?
Mommy: Yes, baby.
Yarelis: And does she sleeps?
Mommy: Yes, sweetie.
Yarelis: In a bed?
Mommy: Maybe.
Yarelis: Are the clouds hard?
Mommy: No baby, why?
Yarelis: How come abuela Titi doesn't fall from the sky?
Mommy: One day you will understand baby girl, but no she will not fall from the sky.
Yarelis: Did abuela Titi wanted to go to the sky?
Mommy: No baby, that was a decision that God made because He needed her in the sky.
Yarelis: Is she watching us?
Mommy: Yes baby.
Yarelis: Like God that watches us all the time, but He doesn't sleep, right?
Mommy: Right!

This conversation made smile....sweet innocence.

On another note, here is some food for the soul:

There was a professor very compromised and strict, but also known by its students as a comprehensive and just man. A day of summer, upon finishing the last class of the course and while organizing some documents over his desk, one of his students approached him in a defiant form and told him: "Professor, what makes me more glad about finishing this class is that I will not have to listen more to your foolishness; and I will be able to rest, at last, and not see that boring face." - The student was standing very straight up and with an arrogant appearance waiting for the teacher to react offended and uncontrolled. The professor looked at the student for an instant, and in a very passive form he asked him: - When someone offers you something that you don't want, do you receive it? - The student remained unconcerned by the unexpected question, for which the boy answered again in a scornful tone: "Of course not". - "Good" - continued the professor - "when someone tries to offend me or tell me something unpleasant he/she is offering me something; in this case, an emotion of rage and grudge, which I can decide not to accept." - I don't understand to what are you referring to" - the student said confused - "Very simple," - said the professor - "you are offering me rage and contempt and if I feel offended or I get furious, I will be accepting your gift and I, my friend, in truth prefer my own serenity as a gift." - "Boy" - the professor concluded in gentle tone - "your rage will pass, but don't try to leave it with me because I have no interest in it. I can not control what you carry in your heart, but of me depends what I carry in mine."

Each day, in every moment, you can choose what emotions or feelings you want to feel in your heart and what you choose to feel is what you will, until you decide to change it. God gives us the liberty to choose what we want to feel: bitterness or happiness. YOU DECIDE!

Thank you everyone for letting me share.

A month ago....

my heart stopped beating for a few seconds....my life lost essence for a second....my ears couldn't believe what I was hearing at the other end of the phone....my breath was taken away (not in a so good way)...a month ago she passed.....

It's so hard to believe that it already has been a month....time sure flies...although I have to admit that with the pain that I'm feeling this month has been the longest of my life. It's amazing how time goes by a little slower when you loose a loved one.

But I'm so grateful to God and to her that they're giving me the strength to carry on...plus with these two....it's impossible not to go on...they sure keep me busy and are the world to me.

You see that cluster of flowers in Yarelis' LO?....it wasn't meant to be there but for some unknown reason (at least to me) this picture was in a frame and I'm guessing humidity or something stuck the picture to the glass of the frame, and it ripped my picture. I had to remove it anyway because my darling daughter broke the frame, so I had to do it anyway. So that clutter of flowers covers all the part of the picture that ripped.

In Shawn's picture....same scenario but a little smaller....it was were the square and circle stickers are at the right upper corner. Ha! The things we do to save our precious pictures. Of course I got the copyright of the pictures and I could've just order new prints, but how was I gonna throw these cute pictures out?, haha!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend, I'm off to a beach party today for my kids sake....they love the water so Momma gotta go make them happy. TFL!

At the beginning....

this was very hard to do. A big lump in my throat, watery eyes, and a broken heart were some of the extra items that I used to make this LO. However, when I finished the page I heard her voice saying to me: Thank you, it is beautiful....and I smiled....I really did. I stood there staring at it for a long moment wanting so bad to cry, but I couldn't...I just couldn't....because I knew that if I cried it would make her really sad. The title is in Spanish which is: I will miss you. The journaling is also in Spanish as well.

Then to scrap a happier subject I did this two page LO with one of Janna's sketch from the Got Sketch 104 class.

So let's see ten random things of today:

*took the day off to clean the house and just be home with the kids.

*Amy, a cyber friend from my Apron Strings kit club made my day.

*I feel very blessed.

*was a rainy day.

*I feel better than yesterday, but worst than tomorrow.

*made baked ziti for dinner (yummy).

*love my father more than ever.

*realized how much I take for granted.

*I tried to be a better person.

*I'm wishing for tomorrow to be a better day.

Thanks for stopping by. Many hugs and blessing!

Wow, look at all this....

This first LO is of my daughter at the beach, I buried her and made the shape of a mermaid with the sand, hence the title of My Little Mermaid. Below the LO are two quick cards that I made with the leftovers of the kit.





This LO is of me(it's very rare that I scrap me). The journaling is about me at age 30. It reads: Wife for ten years, Mother of two, Sister of three, Legal Assistant for four years, Friends of few, scrapbook addict, Big fan of Taylor Swift, Biggest loss of my life (my grandmama). Below the LO there's a card that I did with the scraps of the kit.








Ok, so this LO is of when we went to Florida and I saw family that I haven't seen for over 10 years. I can't tell you how good it felt. Sorry for the tilted picture but I couldn't get a straight photo for the life of me, hee.

The LO below is of my daughter trying to make bubbles at the pool and how she didn't give up until she finally got it. Below a card made with the scraps.

These last two are my favorites. I think that this picture of my daughter is priceless. Love it! And the last one is of my aunt, my cousin mumu, and my hubby. Three very important people in my life.

So, the hard thing to believe about all these LO's and cards is that I made 'em throughout the day on Saturday. I really needed some scrapbooking time, some me time, an outlet for the pain that I'm feeling...although I'm doing much better. I pray to her and she's really helping me get through this....plus I have to stop being so selfish....she was really suffering a lot and she's in a better place...the bestest place that she can be.

I think I will scrap today a LO of her...I'm just in the mood to make her a page. :-) I'll post if I get to it.

I can't believe this....

Yesterday I got my kit from Apron Strings...and for the first time in the almost 4 years that I'm a member of them I scrapped the same day that I received the kit. I get the smaller kit...but the truth of the matter is that both kits are awesome every single month. Here are the kits for the month of July:
And here is what I created so far....

The LO above is of my baby girl with her tap costume for her recital. The one below is about the freedom with which kids enjoy and live life....one of the best things of being a CHILD.

This LO below is a LO that my daughter did while I was working on the LO's above.

These two cards are from the leftovers of the papers.

Emotionally, I'm feeling a little better...although sometimes I don't even know how I'm breathing....but the show must go on. Thanks everyone for looking.

In Loving Memory....

of this beautiful woman. (August 9, 1927 - June 26, 2009)

She was my father's aunt, but she raised my father...and not only my father...she also raised me. I lived with her since I was like 2 years old until I was 26 years old when I moved to New York with my husband and kids. She had a battle with cancer for many, many years, and that battle was over on June 26th.

Loosing her is loosing my mother....something that even though I knew it was going to happen sooner rather than later, I wasn't ready for. The pain is unbearable, breathing is a big effort, and missing her is all I can do. She was an angel....she really was. All I am, I owe to her.

Our story started the day I was born, we were destined to be together. My biological mother even named me what she (my grandmama) wanted to name her daughter if she ever had a child. She never had a biological child, but she raised me and my Dad, so God really blessed her.

It is hard to express what I'm feeling, specially when I feel so empty inside although I know that she's in my heart and will always be...but in all honesty I never ever imagined that it would hurt this much. I'm praying to God to help me find the peace and serenity to learn how to live with this pain since I know that the pain will never go away....but I am hopeful that I will learn to live with it...sooner rather than later.



This is a video of a beautiful song by Tercer Cielo....it's in Spanish, so to my English speaking readers here is a little portion of the song...for me the most meaningful part.

"I will miss you...that is for sure. There were so many beautiful and sad moments that we lived together. The details, the little things, what seemed not important....are the ones that invade my mind while thinking and remembering you.

I wish I could make time go back to see you again, to give you a hug and never let go; but I understand that your timing was now...that God has called you to be by His side....that's how he wanted it. But I never thought that it hurt this bad."

"Please don't cry anymore, I'm in a place full of light, where there's peace, where there's no evil, where I can rest. Please don't cry for me...it's so beautiful here...I never imagined. I want you to be happy, that everything goes well for you, and when it's your time...I hope to see you here."

Beautiful lyrics....