Sweet Shoppe Designs

WOW..............very out there! Felt great to get it written though.

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Robin Carlton/Lauren Greir LaLaLaLeo brown paper
Robin Carlton/Christy Lyle ABC Baby foot prints
Dani Mogstand Free Chipboard Alpha
Gina Cabrera DDE Merry & Bright Scalloped Photo Frame
Fonts: Problem Secretary (Normal), Century Gothic for journaling & Herbert
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Journaling reads:
So where do I start? Do I start from when I was a little girl and played house? Do I start from when I was first in love? Do I start from when I got married. All very pivotal times, moments & memories in my life. At every step of the way you dream, hope, and pray about what your life will be like. Like a lot of girls I played with dolls and played house. I carried the baby dolls around and pretended I was the MOM. Something that I dreamed of...becoming a MOM. For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a MOM. I wanted to be pregnant, I wanted to feel the baby kicking and moving. Not sure everyone would or will understand, but I wanted to breastfeed or that I simply wanted to be pregnant and simply wear maternity clothes. I may be the only one that understands that but I guess that is why we each have our own feelings. You meet the man you are going to marry and think you have your life all planned and figured out. Then life hits you!
Cancer hits you and your dreams are LOST or after some time you realize that maybe your dreams are just hidden. As I sit here and write this (August 10th 2007) I now know that as one DREAM (being pregnant) gets LOST another dream is right around the corner. Today I AM A MOM! A dream I wouldn’t change if I could. A dream come true! A new dream! I have a beautiful and amazing son and daughter. They are what I live for. They are what
new dreams are made for. I have realized that the dream of being pregnant will never happen and I am at peace with that. The reason there is NO picture. I don’t need a picture of a pregnant belly to be a MOM. I didn’t put pictures of my babies (Ethan 4yrs and Isabella 2yrs) here because I wanted this to be about my story, my feelings, my old dreams and my NEW DREAMS. I wanted it to be about my love for my kids and my family & what ADOPTION has meant to me. How it has changed my life, who I am and what I want to be for myself and for my kids and for my husband. I want my kids to read this one day and realize that they were never a second choice, but I hope that they will always know and understand that they were a DREAM COME TRUE! I LOVE YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT I AM