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Rachel Jefferies Mixed Media Challenge JAN 2024 + 2023 Winners

Hi Everyone...

*Tough challenge for me...trying to look forward instead of looking backwards is very tough,to say the least...2023 hardest year in my life to date...Now,that my Ray has passed away...I have had just too much time to reflect on my life without him...I'm gonna try to move forward...but in baby steps...My brother & I...have decided we are gonna look for a new place to live...Too many memories for me...They follow me daily & in my dreams...It's very emotionally draining...
**The Grief Recovery didn't go well...Made me feel worse & cry even more...I felt lost...I didn't feel supported by the group...The opposite...Too many difficult stories to hear...made me more depressed...I couldn't focus on my own grief...It did the opposite of what it was supposed to do...I felt more alone...depressed and angry...Walking away from all that negativity was best for me...
***So,my layout is about trying to live with the grief...& trying to figure out my next steps...Trying to look for some new rainbows...some new horizons...some new reasons to hope...

*Full Credits in My Gallery*

As Per The Rules : My Directions : NEW BEGINNINGS :
+Looking for Rainbows
+Leaving 2023 behind me
+Trying to embrace change
+trying to accept life's Unexpected turns
+Some white space to represent Hope
+Butterflies/Blossoming Flowers/Arrows/Bright Colors/Rainbows/Clocks/
+Starting Over
+Trying to see the good things : "Sunshiny Days" & not always the "Rainy Day Clouds"

My Layout : Trying To See A Rainbow :

 
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I chose to scrap about change and included a butterfly as a symbol of change.
 
Here is my late post for January - credits in the gallery.
I choose goals for my layout
 
I'm late to the party but liked the topic for this challenge : closed / new chapter. I have a difficult chapter to close, ending my (short) career as a therapist and letting go of all the hopes I had when training and starting to rent my office. I documented the day I sent my notice to the landlords...
 
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