I had the best of intentions of participating in all of the VSN challenges today, but instead I got a phone call this morning that my step-mom had finally lost her four year battle with leukemia. So instead I've been packing and making travel plans to join my family to remember her. I signed on tonight to see what challenges had been posted & saw FEB07VSNK to do a card with a favorite song as inspiration. All day I've been humming 'Since You've Been Gone' by Cheryl Wheeler ... a song she wrote to help her grieve the loss of her mother. These are the lyrics:
A woman my age, sittinÂ’ here cryinÂ’
I oughta be stronger than I am
Oughta take comfort in wisdom or something like that
But it isn’t that way, ‘cause sooner or later
IÂ’m still that nervous 9th grader
Watching you pull us together, I never knew how
And since youÂ’ve been gone IÂ’m just fallinÂ’ apart
ThereÂ’s a hole in my life, in my soul, in my heart
And I stare out this window till light becomes dark
And thereÂ’s nothing thatÂ’s touching me now
But not to complain, weÂ’re just bereft, not deserted
Lord knows youÂ’re rest was deserved
ItÂ’s just your absence is present in all that I do
In the sun in the field, in the poem I keep saying
In the hymn that some church bells were playing
You have always been part of them but I never knew
How could I ever begin to say?
Surely you already knew
What is this world with you gone away?
How can this finally be true?
However, it was difficult to figure out how to do 'empty' in a card, so instead I did a card for my dad. No matter how old I am, to him I will always be his 'kiddo'. Card making ... fabulous therapy.
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2007 GMT Views: 804
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Mon, Feb 05, 2007 @ 9:53 AM
I am so sorry---your step-mom has even touched our lives through you and now we're thinking of her with you. Thank you for sharing---your card and your story! Godspeed!
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