Such an interesting Challenge...I do like neutrals...but I really do like color...It was a little bit of a challenge though...That being said...I do like layouts with just a few pops of color..too...
***Grief,Hurt,Pain...tough times for me...in my ongoing progress of trying to figure out how to grieve the loss of my Beloved,Husband Ray to Stage 4 Brain Cancer...and how to heal from my own health related injuries***
***There always seems to be something going on in my life...that seems to be unwelcome...or intrusive...I thought things were seemingly going finally in the right direction for me...With my brother now living with me...and at least knowing the rent will be equally covered...and there is more of a positive direction moving forward...[seriously,I don't know what that really means...]...Positivity is not my middle name anymore...It's more like...I will try not to cry as much today or get as angry at myself & the world around me...When I re-injured my bad broken arm...I was like no way!!!...Not again...That has now settled down at least...Then...WHAM!...One night I had excruciating abdominal pain...so bad I could hardly walk...I called my Extra Mural nurse...& she said to call 911 right away...So,here I was again...back to the ER again!!!!!!!!!!!!...I was there for almost 12 hours...They sent me home at 4:00 A.M...Told me to come back the next day...for a CT Scan...Again,I was there for another 9 hours before I saw the doctor...They told me I had an inflamed Gall Bladder!!!...HUH!!!...I had no idea...This was a new kind of pain for me...Oh! & by the way...you can't go home...I just cried..I...ended up spending the night in an ER room until they found me a hospital bed/room...They moved me in the middle of the night...I was in so much pain...I cried a lot while there...after 5 days of waiting for surgery...& 4 room moves later...I finally was taken down in the early evening for surgery...I called my brother to let him know...& off I went...I was so scared...The doctor went over the actual surgery with me...and the possible outcomes...One,was that I might wake up with a tube coming out of my belly with a vent bag attached for drainage...Well...that's how I woke up...I don't remember anything about the surgery...except how I woke up...& the pain...I started to cry...The doctor was right there...He explained...that my Gall Bladder was attached to my Colon...A rather rare situation..so they couldn't take out the Gall Bladder...We had to wait for the infection & inflammation to go down & heal up before more surgery was possible...So,I was at the hospital for many more days...I spent a total of 2 weeks there...I got out on Halloween night...October 31st...It took days before they could get the pain regulated...
*to read the rest of my reflections...Here is the link to Rachel's thread for this challenge :
https://the-lilypad.com/forum/threa...lenge-november-2023.90489/page-2#post-1563472
***As per the rules of this challenge...I used all neutrals...white,grey & black...and my only 3 spots of color allowed...Blue : Butterfly/Flower/Scatter
Credits for this Layout : All Rachel Jefferies :
*You Give Me Wings | The Complete Collection
*Angels Amongst Us | Mixed Media Artistry
*Messy Marks : Date Stamps 2023 + Bonus
*Sanguine | The Complete Mixed Media Collection
*Silent Battles : Grief : Bundle
*Carefully Curated | This is Me : The Complete Mixed Media Collection
*Zinnwaldite | The Complete Mixed Media Collection
*Captivating Basics : Whites 01
*In A Land Far Away : Secret Garden : Mixed Media Artistry
*M3 September 2019 : Document Epic Stories [Retired]
