"Strong"
My dad always says, "When you're dumb, you gotta be tough!" These words ring in my ears A LOT. (Not that he called me dumb, just that he said it a lot.) It applies to so much that I see myself do and, ...sorry everyone, but so much I see everyone around me do. You KNOW what I'm talking about...those things we know will make us miserable and still we plow headlong into the behavior. It's when I stay up too late scrapbooking or blogging and it hurts to get up and face my kids in the morning. It's my friend who, for some time, would grab a handful of nuts and/or chocolate to console herself, all the while knowing that her stomach would make her pay dearly for the indiscretion. It's a whole list of even more "dumb" behaviors with even graver consequences.
I've taken on "TOUGH" as a sort of badge of honor throughout my adult life. (Never mind how dumb I had to be to get that tough!) I am strong. I am independent. That's what makes me survive. And then I am faced with the counterintuitive statement from the Apostle Paul, "When I am weak, then I am strong." And my strength is nothing compared with that of my Savior! At the end of the day and the end of our lives, we are weak, but HE IS STRONG. (Millions of Sunday Schoolers through the years could not possibly be wrong!)
Products Used: [CTMH] white daisy, key lime textured CS, acrylic paint mixed with sweet leaf and buttercup reinker, kiwi, holiday red cranberry and black inks [Other] Clipease, clear button (Creating Keepsakes), black satin ribbon (Offray)
My dad always says, "When you're dumb, you gotta be tough!" These words ring in my ears A LOT. (Not that he called me dumb, just that he said it a lot.) It applies to so much that I see myself do and, ...sorry everyone, but so much I see everyone around me do. You KNOW what I'm talking about...those things we know will make us miserable and still we plow headlong into the behavior. It's when I stay up too late scrapbooking or blogging and it hurts to get up and face my kids in the morning. It's my friend who, for some time, would grab a handful of nuts and/or chocolate to console herself, all the while knowing that her stomach would make her pay dearly for the indiscretion. It's a whole list of even more "dumb" behaviors with even graver consequences.
I've taken on "TOUGH" as a sort of badge of honor throughout my adult life. (Never mind how dumb I had to be to get that tough!) I am strong. I am independent. That's what makes me survive. And then I am faced with the counterintuitive statement from the Apostle Paul, "When I am weak, then I am strong." And my strength is nothing compared with that of my Savior! At the end of the day and the end of our lives, we are weak, but HE IS STRONG. (Millions of Sunday Schoolers through the years could not possibly be wrong!)
Products Used: [CTMH] white daisy, key lime textured CS, acrylic paint mixed with sweet leaf and buttercup reinker, kiwi, holiday red cranberry and black inks [Other] Clipease, clear button (Creating Keepsakes), black satin ribbon (Offray)
By-the-by...I'm so bummed at how this card turned out. In my head it was so much cuter! There is some serious "distressing gone awry" and the two colors of red didn't work well together. Humpff!
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