Its all Song Blog Hop (and a challenge)

Welcome to the It's All Song blog hop!!!  

We're so happy you could join us for this super-fun hop showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature anything and everything about special songs in our lives!!   You'll find an array of ideas throughout this hop -- From decorations to gift ideas and more, we hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!!  Be sure to leave a comment at each hop stop to be entered in our Monthly Drawing!!!

You are at the beginning of this fun hop, so lets get started! For the hop today, I've created a fun layout about a great song by Dierks Bentley called Long Trip Alone! I've been through the wringer in life, and to actually still be here after the things I have been through is amazing! I wish I could explain all of it - but really, it's hard to go back down that road and be THAT person, but here's a brief synopses... and I mean - BRIEF! I had an ex-husband commit suicide 3 days after my birthday on 8/5/99 and then my dad died 5 years to the day later. In between all of this, my husband's ex-wife - adeptly named Hurricane Brandi - swept through our lives to see what she could do to ruin not only our marriage, but also our freedom for things we were not doing. I look back to this time period, and how everyone walked out of my life when I needed them the most. This song became something I truly lived - especially when I needed my kids as much as I did. Going through that horrible time, I gave them a life - and that life was not what I was living... It's a long trip when you do things on your own...it's a long trip when everyone walks away from you...it's a long trip when you have to let those you love more than anything in the world have a life... 

So, I talk about this - so you can see others in me! My stress level made it so I have Crohns disease - a horrible autoimmune disease that is knocking my socks off. It's a long trip when you are battling something like this - as well as your past. If you do see someone who is withdrawn, don't talk much to people, and truly just has stopped smiling and laughing - try to do what you can to help them. Sometimes it's not about what you can do - but about what you can listen and help them figure out about their situation that counts. I know for me, if someone would have listened and stood up with us about this situation, we might not be going through the Crohns disease - or the stress level with kids, or the lack of money...

Blog candy for the month of February - one lucky winner will receive a fun pack of stuff for your paper crafting!!!! Now, to be eligible to win - you must:

1. Be a follower of my blog!
2. Leave a comment with your favorite song you are planning on scrapbooking (and an email address would great)!
3. For extra entries...follow me on Twitter and Facebook Fanpage - information is on my blog!
4. Please check out everyone's blogs and leave a comment on theirs...the more you do the more entries you will get!

  Thank you again for checking out my project...  Now follow the links below and remember to visit all the stops for MAXIMUM ideas and LOTS OF FUN!! Next up on the hop is Gill, make sure you check out her fun project!! 


Now for your challenge...I want to see your projects, so please come back to this thread throughout the month and share with us your creations you have made from a song! I don't care if it is a framed page, or a decoration of some sort - or a card using the title, or a layout! One lucky winner that shares with us your creations will win a fun prize of your own!

Lynda Jeffs

Memories in Tyme