Last year at this time my family was touched with cancer... Lymphoma for my older daughter and at the same time I was diagnosed with a cancer tumor on my lung (NOT lung cancer). My daughter went through 5 months of chemo, I had surgery to remove my left lower lobe in order to remove the cancer. I am happy to report the latest scans for both my daughter and myself show NO signs of cancer! When I saw Tracey's card for Breast Cancer Awareness (which is October) I couldn't resist following her lead.
I saw a video by Jennifer McGuire on
Simon Says Stamps and new I wanted to try this technique.
Here is a side view of the card. I die cut the ribbon 6 times using the darker pink cardstock and then I die cut it from the face of the card. I then glued them all together...just gives the ribbon some dimension!
stamps: A Muse: Fight Like a Girl, PTI: Faith & Hope
ink: memento angel pink, PTI raspberry fizz
paper: PTI white and raspberry fizz
die: PTI Faith & Hope
I would like to take this time to share with all you, my blogging friends how touched I was one day by a "Random Act of Kindness" while waiting in the Oncologist office. A lady came in and presented me with a bouquet of flowers and told me she was just doing a random act of kindness! If anyone needs a "lift" and words of encouragement it would be people who are going through chemo or even dialysis. My Bible Study ladies are going to take this project on and go once or twice a week to those centers close to our home and present several people in the waiting room with little gifts...it turns out flowers are NOT the best for chemo patients because of the smell...they would be fine in a dialysis center. Dark chocolate is wonderful for chemo patients...wrapped in a glassine bag with the word "courage" stamped on it, then a word of encouragement tucked inside, sealed with a piece of washi tape. Sadly the dialysis patients cannot have chocolate, but bookmarks, tea, magnets, a flower bulb are all ideas we have come up with and we are very excited about "Paying forward to others that Random Act of Kindness" shown to me.
Go forth and be Jesus to the world...give out love and kindness and compassion to your neighbors!
Heart Hugs,
Colleen
