A hard time - but also a blessed one!

Stampin UP: Painted Harvest

I think everyone knows now that Lars is not well at all. After we moved last year, he has gradually gotten worse and worse.

Medical examinations do not really show anything - so what's wrong?

It's hard to see your beloved having a hard time.

The first test answers have shown some blood clots in the brain and the legs and a little benign tumor in the brain. Lars has now been in hospital for 9 days, and he has been allowed to come home this weekend, but he will go back to the hospital again on Sunday evening at 8:00 pm.

Whenever time has been hard, We have always been able to use our faith, love and humor, and it has helped a lot.
Our belief, that we are on earth to learn, develop, love, forgive and much more, has helped us in those dark moments. Of course, there has been dark moments, it is part of life and sometime part of growing, but Christ's love has carried us - and we know for sure, it always will, if we will just let him.

We often feel he reaches out to us, saying,
"Take my hand and I will lift you up!
I will love, comfort and be with you.
I want to surround you with my love.
May I? Will you let me?"

Stampin' Up, Wetland

Stampin' Up: Daisy punch, sentiment: Birthday bloom

Gift tags and Christmas cards

Now it's almost the 24th and therefore time to make the October Christmas cards. I have cheated I've made it.
After "Scrap in Djursland" I have not made many cards for www.Operationskrivhjem.dk , but I have made a few! I have also made gifttags to ://www.cancerkort.dk/ (abt. 150)
I love my hobby!

 Christmas gift tags ://www.cancerkort.dk/

Cards to Operationskrivhjem.dk

Random stuff

I was looking through old pictures and cards, and found some I had not posted...

My birthday pressent from Lars, was a workshop with Andrea Matzen, Stampin Up! with 6 of my scrap-friends.
We had a blast. We laughed, we learned, we ate - we just had fun!
What a great gift, thanks dear.

This is what we made.




I made these Homemade Danish "Smørrebrød"

Next day we went to Scrap On Djursland. A convention with abt. 120 scrappers. I took another class with Andrea, this is what we made:

A Advent calender "to-go"

Some cards I've made the month.

Christmas gift tags

Looking back!

Last month I turned 55 years.
As I was looking back on childhood, youth, and married life, I thoughts about the things I did but I'm not so proud of, things I did to rebel, but most thoughts have been about the things I love and things I choosed to do.

The 3+ Things I'm most proud of in my life?

1) My Husband, who has loved me these past 32 years.

2) Our 3 children, son-in-law and grandson

3) My love and testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ.

+ All the wonderful members of the Church I belong too, I consider all of them my family

+ all the wonderful people I've got to know through my love of card-making.

I'm grateful for all the love in my life. It's something I do not take for granted - never have, and never will!

Christmas cards of the month of Sept. 

www.operationskrivhjem.dk  

Christmas cards of the month of Sept. 

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Mothers card for 

www.operationskrivhjem.dk  

 Stamp set: Wetland from Stampi Up. I just love that stamp set.

 Christmas gift tag.

Just a quick update

I just wanted to quick share some cards with you, that I've made for OSH (www.operationskrivhjem.dk). Charlie does a great job at OSH. I am grateful for the time she uses in collecting cards and then distributing to our soldiers.
When I made these cards, I thought about appriciation. Do we know how good it is to be alive? To see a new days begining? Being able to choose what we want to do - some do not have that choise. Do we fight for freedom, and the right to be and live as we want to?   I'm thankful for our soldies, who may not be many compared to other countries. I'm grateful for the Sacrifices these families make.