Today marks a week since
a friend of my daughters
she just graduated high school with
had surgery to drain fluid
off her brain.
After an accidental fall
involving hitting her
head further testing
was done revealing the fluid
on her brain.
In addition to the fluid, a tumor
was found as well. The tumor is located
in a position making it non
removable.
We went to the hospital the
day of her surgery. I stood in the hallway
talking to her mother while my
daughter and another friend
went in to ICU
to visit her.
Her mother and I briefly
spoke about the occurring events
of the course of the last week of their lives.
She asked me to be in prayer with
them the tumor would vanish.
I firmly felt lead to share with her my feelings
as well as my prayer. The sudden urge to share was
my confidence in our ultimate healer. Feeling His presence,
I felt certain to share with her that upon further
testing in the further I believe
the tumor will have vanished.
Be in prayer with me…
I made this little sign
right before we walked out the door
heading to the hospital.
The cardboard was pre cut by myself sizing
3x3. I quickly looked in my paper scrap bucket.
Maps always jump out at me so I grabbed a
piece. It didn't feel right. It was not of
good sizing for this project. Turning back to
the paper scrap bucket I saw a larger size
piece of map. I laid it on the cardboard
and firmly pressed where I wanted the
map to be torn. I tore it placing it perfectly in the center
of the cardboard with a slit amount of cardboard
exposure all the way around. I used matte decopage to
securely glueing the map to the cardboard.
I covered the empty space of cardboard
with a light turquoise acrylic paint using my finger
tip. See in the picture below it's dried
on my finger tip.
I carried this project down stairs out from my studio
bring my bucket of markers. I used a red marker
creating a heart shape largely in the middle of
the map piece. Doodling around the heart
with a yellow and placing #pray4ak with a
black marker in the center of the
heart.
Topping everything off I used a piece on twine after
poking two holes in the top of the cardboard with a kitchen knife.
That's why I came down from the studio. I couldn't find
my blade I normally use. Hubby's right I craft
everywhere.
This project was fun, easy and fast.
Completely honored to make for a great person,
a great cause. I love this precious girl as if she's my own.
#pray4ak
Funny story to add with this. My daughters other friend
met us at the local grocery. They wanted to run in and get
flowers along with a card. I waited in the car. When they
returned my daughter set the flowers in
the floorboard. I notice they looked different.
I leaned over to touch them. They were artificial!
"Oh honey" I explained "these are artificial". They claimed to
have been talking while flower shopping not even noticing. Off
they went back in the store to return the artificial flowers. When they
returned to the car a beautiful basket of red, white and yellow
flowers was in my daughters hands. It's was perfect.
Only they still didn't get a card!
The next time you set off to visit
someone in the hospital or for any matter
really consider making a sign for them letting them
know you are praying for them.
You save time and money making for a more
meaning gift they can keep for a life time.
The sign was hung in her hospital room and
even made it's way in a collage picture of her
coming home from the hospital her mother posted on Facebook.
Still praying…
#pray4ak
