Scrapbooking is one hobby I love. I have found it to be very therapeutic after Caleb's death. I have set a goal for myself to have the whole life of Caleb (as well as the rest of my family during that time) completed before the new baby is born. I want to be able to journal on all of the pages and I know that once the new baby comes, Lord willing, my mind will be in a fog for a while.
I am going to ask everyone in the family to comment on each page if they have any memories or thoughts or want to share anything about the specific event, or Caleb or the family in general.
It is a big goal and I'm not sure that I can complete it, but I will be able to devote a little more time once the kiddos are in school starting on Wednesday.
My husband has many goals too...starting with tearing out the carpet in the bathroom....hint...never have a carpet in a bathroom, especially with four boys in the house! He wants to replace it with tile.
The only problem with that goal of my husband's is that is the only bathroom that we have in the house for 7 people (including a pregnant woman--me!) We won't be able to use the bathroom for at least a day! Yikes!
I will take my 11 year old son to the eye doctor's again tomorrow. I brought him there last week because his younger brother decided to fling a RISK game character via a plastic spoon at the fan (he was conducting an experiment at age 7) and is not a good aim. He hit his brother in the eye and now his brother has a big scratch on his eye. Then Saturday night his older brother was twisting a rubber lizard in his hand and didn't realize that his brother was nearby and hit him again in the same injured eye!
He is still struggling with the injuries a week later and had me up twice last night in pain. I will be thankful to have the eye doctor look at it again tomorrow.
On the anniversary of Caleb's death a dear friend of mine left a gift on my doorstep. She gave my family a jug of lemonade. I called her up and said "you are always trying to make lemonade out of lemons!" :) It is true. She is a Christian friend of ours and has been a huge support for us. What a wonderful gift that was.
Good things have come from Caleb's death...not that I would have traded him for anything, but after a tragedy such as Caleb's it is nice to see that good can come from a trial such as ours.
Tomorrow I'm going to see if the local farmers are set up beside the road and enjoy some more corn on the cob. I have really enjoyed it this year and I will be sad when the corn season is over. It is such a treat. Our tomato plants from our garden keep producing and we are eating cherry tomatoes like candy around here. My husband will take some to work with him tomorrow to share.
Praying that you and your families are doing well.
With love and hope,
Cheryl
Hello! I am a wife, married for 23 years and a mother to seven. I have two daughters and five sons, one of whom is in heaven. We love the Lord are trying to bring our children up in the training and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) We live in the Northeast in a cozy 100+ year old house. Welcome to my blog.
It is lovely to hear of your plans to scrapbook Calebs life. Don't be hard on yourself if the reality of house jobs slow you down and it isnt ready on time. It will all be done in its own time. Let it be a pleasure and not a stress. I hope you show us photos as it progesses!
ReplyDeleteThe scrapbooking sounds like a wonderful idea.Your lucky to have friends that remember..only one's remembered Emily was my husband,the girls and me :(
ReplyDeleteThe only one's that remember Hunter and Heather are me & my husband...I'm so glad your letting other's put their memories in it helps that that they don't forget.
Samuel don't remember Emily's birthday/heaven day but he remember's her as his baby sister and has been talking so much about her! He wasn't even two years old when she was born, yet he remembers..I praise God for those sweet memories staying in his head.(((HUGS))) my friend
I made a scrapbook for Isaiah. It took about ten hours to do, and almost ten months to complete. I had everything that I needed, I just left it in the bag though. I guess I just wasn't ready to face the truth. It turned out beautiful, and I'm very glad that I made it to honor his beautiful life. I brought it to my baby shower to share with the ladies. The shower was two days before Isaiah's birthday. So I talked about him until the tears wouldn't allow, then my friend finished up the rest for me. (She knew what I was going to say about him already, as we planned the shower together.)
ReplyDeleteIt really does feel good when the Lord shows you some positive things after the death of your child. Along the way, He gives you just what you need, at the perfect moment it's needed.
I love the lemonade story and if that would have been me, finding it on my doorstep, I would have broken down in tears. Cause I am a sap that way.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great friend you have.