When the going gets tough

well the tough get scrapping lol. It's a lot less messy than killing the husband, a lot less noisy than arguing with Nan and a lot less stressful for Lukas if I direct all my energies towards scrapping something with lots of positive journalling. The journalling took me ages to get right and then by the time Mark came home I was a lot more willing to listen to his side of the story, many tears and a bath later now I have finally gotten to the point where I am just ignoring him. My feelings are still hurt so he will get the cold shoulder for a while yet, I find it difficult to forgive him when we have argued so many times about the same thing before. If he learnt not to gossip behind my back it would save us both a lot of earache, and a lot of hurt feelings. Maybe things would be easier if Nan butted out as well. *sigh* they will never learn though will they, anyway this is what I came up with using Chrissy's NSD template.Credits: Layered template (NSD Freebie) by Chrissy W and Fancy Pants by Megan Farrows (Flergs). Font is DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin.

Journalling reads: I often wonder how it is possible for someone to change so much with no body around them noticing. Before you went to school you used to be a fairly shy little boy. You would cling to me when we went anywhere and always be looking around to make sure I was close by. Then when we went to the school fete I saw how much you have changed. You had become outgoing and confident. You were running off in every direction, excited to try every little thing they had on offer. You climbed the climbing frame with no fear and never once looked back to see if I was even following you, let alone if I was close. What surprised me most was seeing how many people seemed to know your name and were pleased to see you. You played so nicely with everyone and just seemed to be so content and happy. I thought my heart was going to burst with pride when parents and teachers came up to me and told me you were “such a sweet boy” and “a real pleasure to teach”. Sometimes it’s hard for me to accept that you are changing so much and I have no control over it. Other people are helping to shape the person you are becoming, but since there’s nothing I can do about that I will just have to sit back and be content in knowing that no matter how big you get you will always be my little boy.

Enabling: Fancy Pants by Megan Farrows (Flergs) available here DJB Nicole by Darcy Baldwin available here and template was for an NSD Template Challenge at Digital Candy hosted by Chrissy W you can find all the details including the download link here.