I waited to post this card till December, the month that marks one year that a precious angel of only 18 years of age was so violently ripped from our lives by a careless, driver under the influence of multiple substances. He's not the important one and I refuse to make this post about him. God sees him for all that he is all that he's done and we all have to stand before him one day and answer for our sins here on earth. This post is not just to share a card with you but to also take a minute and remember this beautiful young lady. Her mother asked me to make her a card for her 19th birthday even tho she's not here to celebrate with us. She wanted to put the card up at the grave side as part of the memorial to her birth.
I warned you, She's beautiful. Like all teens she liked to take selfie's for face book. She was special for who she was and at the same time she is ordinary. Just like all the other kids now days. Isn't that what all teens wish for? To be perfectly ordinary? They don't yet understand how wonderful it is to be an individual. They don't want anything about themselves to stand out as strange or different. Cass was special in that way because she knew what she liked and set out to get it. And yet ordinary because she didn't yet realize her own potential. So sad that she never got to discover her own self. You know like we all do sometime in our 20's. She loved her siblings so much and she was a delight to spend time with. I had the benefit of having her come and stay with me on a few occasions. She once spent the whole week with me while her mom was out of town. I must admit, I didn't hate it:) I thought it would be strange for Brian and I, who are with out any children of our own, to have a teenager in the house with us for a week. She was wonderful. She was well mannered and polite and tied up my tv with that teenage MTV nonsense but I loved having her here. I would have just kept her if I could have. Cassidy had an interest in Scrapbooking and she would spend time with me in the craft room when she came to visit. She once called me and asked me to help her make some birthday cards for her friends in school. Typical teenager that she was, she waited till the last minute and had to come over to my house late at night and I think we quickly made two or maybe it was three cards. I find it stressful to create with some one putting me on a time crunch but It was ok and we had a ball that night. I loved teaching her about products and what different tools and supplies were capable of doing and how to make your supplies work for you and I tried to teach her about many different styles of paper crafting and I urged her to find her own voice and style of creating and that she didn't have to follow my style just because I was teaching her. She did good and she liked to look through all the different papers and supplies I had until she found one that spoke to her. I even found myself, when out craft shopping, picking up a paper pad or two with her in particular in mind just because I thought it might be more her style than mine. We worked on a few mini albums too. I loved it when she would come to me for help with school work or when she and her mom would ask me to take her senior photos. I loved to take her picture. God, that child made beautiful pictures. I just wish I had some of them on this computer to show you but my old computer crashed or something but I can't get the pics off it but I made copies for Cass and her mom. So they are not lost. Proms and It all started with me taking her photos for the 8th grade dance. Then there were beauty pageants and basically I got to be a part of all her milestones from 8th grade on.
So not to keep you waiting, here's the card and the holder I made so that Wendy, her mom, could stick it into a pot of flowers and it would be able to stand among the flowers. I also sprayed it with a clear sealer to protect it from the weather and maybe last a little longer.
This second photo shows a close up of the clip I made to hold the card in a flower arrangement..
I even sprayed it with the clear sealer because the flowers are paper. The leaf that looks white here is actually a clear sequin leaf but the sealer made it turn white. Oh well, what cha gonna do? lol
God Bless you Cassidy and Keep you and Hold you in his arms forever in His glorious Kingdom above. We will meet again one day. We will know each other by the smiles that we share. Love you child/adult. and I love your family and I pray God's love and grace comforts them in your absence.
Thank you for taking time to read this heartfelt post today, Thank you especially to those of you who stuck around till the end. God bless you too! Till next time, much love and hugs, amy k
