Good Morning! For those of you that are followers and members on the forum at My Scraps, you know my story, but for those who may not, I thought that I should share why I have not been blogging. I had all grand intentions for this blog, to highlight and share my crafty pursuits! I was even so motivated as to make my summer pictures box that you can see in a couple posts below. All of that changed pretty quickly! I got a call that my Dad was in the hospital at the end of June. He had to have surgery but his prognosis was good and everyone thought that I should stay with my plans to come and see him in July. By then he should be up and well on his way to healing!! Thank God I followed my heart and jumped in the car the next morning, driving almost 1300 miles, to see him. I arrived and visited with him on Friday morning, June 29th. He was in such good spirits and feeling as well as could be expected after a major surgery. The morning of June 30th was about the same. I visit my Dad early in the am. We were happy to see that he really was getting better. He was up and walking, with my brothers help, a little grouchy with the nurses, (which to me was a sign that he wanted out of there!!) and his pain level had gone down some. We had a nice visit and left him to rest with the plans to come and see him again later in the afternoon but it ended up that those plans weren't meant to be. My Dad passed away the afternoon of June 30th. We had so many plans to fulfill, so many words to say...I am sure that no one is ever ready to lose someone they love. My Dad was everything to me...my confidant, my friend. I miss him greatly!!! I hope to make him proud by living my life as he would like to see and enjoying the things that make me happy. One of those being scrapbooking! Hopefully I will be creating and sharing here more. Thanks for letting me share...
One of my plans for this summer was to host some giveaways, so no time like the present right??!! Who would like to win this...
I just received the new EP collections For the Record 2, Chillingsworth Manor and Very Merry Christmas over at
My Scraps!! Love, Love, LOVE them! ( you can save 20% with coupon NEWEP20 now through 8/19 ) If you would like to win this paper pad, simply leave me a comment here. I will draw a winner Monday morning! Thanks for stopping by! I promise to have something scrappy to show next time!
23 comments:
I am so sorry for your loss! :(
((hugs))
So sorry. Definitely a rough summer, but glad you got to see him a little before it was too late.
It's been a hard summer. So sorry for your loss.
Cute blog, Tammi! :)
I am so sorry for the loss of your dear father. I pray that you will find happy times amid the great sorrow and that you will find comfort in his memory. (((hugs)))
On Tammi...I am so sorry to hear about your Dad. I know these past couple months have been rough. Please know that he watching down on you and keeping you safe. Time does heal all wounds. Prayers and hugs.
Tammi, I can't imagine how hard it was losing your dad like that...parents are so special and it's so hard to see them go. He sounds like an amazing man! I'm so sorry for your loss. Big hugs to you!
((HUGS)) my darling & I've had you in my thoughts and prayers again I am so sorry for your loss.
So glad you followed your heart and made that trip to see your dad!
Love that new Chillingsworth! :D
I am so sorry for all that you went through and so happy you made that trip. Hugs. Lisa
Tammi, I am so so sorry about your loss. I can't imagine that feeling of having the hope that he was getting better only for it to take a turn for the worse. I hope that you can take some time to heal.
Thank you for the giveaways and maybe getting back into some scrapping stuff will help take your mind off things a bit!
Sorry for your loss, but at least you went with your gut and got to see and spend some time with him. He knows you loved him.
So sorry for your loss. Thank goodness that you were able to visit him before he passed. Wishing you the best.
Tammi {{HUGS}} and I'm sure it helps to write this and get it out.. I know your summer has been hard, and no good words to say anything, except I hope you can feel some peace and glad you followed your heart to go out and see your dad!!
I am so happy you made that trip Tammi! So sorry for your loss. Your words have me thinking more about the relationship between my dad and myself. Hugs!
I am so glad that you listened to your heart and was able to spend some time with your Dad. Losing someone dear is always a hard thing to do. So glad that you are ready though to get back to some scrapping. Thanks for the chance to win some of the new EP.
So sorry for the loss of your dad. Losing a family member is hard, but I am glad that you are ready to get back to something that you love to do: scrapping.
So sorry for your loss. I can't imaging losing a family member. So glad you were able to spend some time with your dad. {{hugs}}
I'm so sorry about your Dad Tammi. My heart goes out to you and your family. My Dad has also had a lot of health issues lately and I know how scary it is. Sending big hugs your way.
Love all the new lines in the store! Sorry for your loss and you missing scrappy time/mojo :( Hope life starts to get back on track for you.
so sorry about the passing of your Dad - praying you will continue to have great memories of your times together.
Please don't count me on the giveaway...
I just want to say I'm so sorry about your dad. You were right to follow your heart and go visit him.
I know it was a tough summer for you, and yet here you are cheering us up with scrappy news and giveaways. Thanks for all you do!
Peace to you and your family.
-C
Great instincts they say that always lusten to ur gut...
Your dad lives in your heart now
It's hard without them.
Not a day will go by! He doesnt think of u either and you ov him
May peace be with him
I have a good scrapping friend that had a similar summer. Hopefully fall will bring happy times. Thanks for the chance to win.
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