It is Women's History Month this month (thanks Lisa Marie for that info) - so I thought it would be good to create a project or two (or more) about the women in our lives, or those that have influenced us in some capacity or another! Today's post, I want to honor an incredible person, who ended up changing my life in such ways - a simple thank you to her and 2 others, wouldn't be enough! The only thing I personally can do, is continue to be a better person than I was then, and hopefully one day she will understand what she helped me to do!!! Today - I honor Lisa Bearnson!!!
I will never forget the day I met Lisa - at the scrapbook expo we have in Utah twice a year! My dad had just passed away on 8/5/04 (long story short - my ex-husband committed suicide 8/5/99 - 5 years to the day earlier), so my mindset after my dad died - was not as it should have been! I was depressed, sad, wanted to die as it is...had so much stuff going on from an ex-from hell (my husbands ex-wife) - that I seriously didn't know my head from a hole in the ground... but that's another story!
It was October, 2004 - my sister Debra and I went to the expo to shop! It was a tradition for us, until stupid things got in the way... something I really miss doing with her! I look back now and truly see what a mess I was after the two deaths - and how they changed who I truly was. Let me back up a bit... Creating Keepsakes magazine had a contest going on spring 2004, which I had entered. It got me out of my comfort zone - and that was (at the time) what I really needed! Deb and I had gone to a scrapbook shop the weekend before everything was due for the contest - and after showing the owner of the store what I was going to enter, she made me promise to send my stuff in! It all had to be in the mail by Monday at 5pm...my husband was forcing me to the post office at 4pm! I didn't win the contest...and to this day, I have no idea if Lisa even seen my stuff or not...I just know how she made me feel the moment I met her! We had put my dad in an Alzheimer's facility, and we went to see him for his birthday right before Deb and I went to the scrapbook store! At the time, I didn't show anyone ANYTHING I did...people looked at me funny, so I just kept it to myself! Lisa never did "look at me funny", instead... February, 2005 - sent her "assistants" Marcie and Angie to my house, and the rest for me is history! So many things happened that day for me, we won't even talk about the American Crafts supplies she brought me that day - nor the album I finished in a day with what she did bring me!
Lisa seriously changed my life - without this one person, with as much going on, I would have been dead within 2 years I am sure... Lisa and her sister Angie (I had NO idea they were sisters until recently)...recently lost their dad. One can't say "I am so sorry for your loss" enough, I know what it was like... I seriously WAS "daddy's little girl"! I miss my dad so much...and just now - as I type this...wow, so many realizations...but that's for another day - another special woman in my life I want to recognize!
In honor of my dad's birthday this week - I honor Lisa Bearnson, thank you for being that angel...for taking the time to help one other person in this world - without asking for anything, or expecting anything in return...
This month - you will have a few random challenges...spend the month creating a great project - for Women's History Month! Whether it is a friend, family member, someone living or passed on, someone way back in history...who has made you - YOU?
- Decide how you want to create your album or project! Do you want to do a mini album, a digital album where you can have someplace like Shutterfly print it out, or another project??
- Start to make a list of women you want to include in your book or project!
- Get your first project done!
Lynda Jeffs
Memories in Tyme
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Thanks for the comment!!! I always like it when people take the time to look at what I create! Have a great day!!
Lynda