Hi there lovely followers!!
As I’m sure any of you who are following along have noticed I have well and truly been MIA!
My grandfather (or Pop as he will be always be) passed away last week. It has been a very hard and very LONG week for me. He was the closest thing I ever had to a father figure in my life, always just there and now he is not. And I have been very fortunate in that I have not lost anyone that I loved like I love Pop. So, rough week. Priorities changed, shifted and stopped at times.
I have gotten as far as completing up to day 16 in entirety and have shared up to day 13. Day 14 is all about cousins re-united, 15 wrapping supplies; thank you so much Ali for sharing yours, LOVED it and have totally done the same, 16 I focused on a very dear friendship to me and a photograph of my Pop (he passed on this day) that I have printed at 5″x7″ and mounted on chipboard, no words are written, simply dont know where to start. I will share hopefully before the New Year but no promises.
I have printed days 17 – Christmas cards POSTED, 18 – my big boys last day at Kindy, 19 – a very peaceful 10 minutes to myself at the Perth Zoo, 20 – some Christmas lights and possibly a fun catch up with friends, not sure what words I will write as yet, 21 – a relaxing couple of hours at the beach with my family and a friend and her hubby and 22 – a family “tradition” of sorts – Cally the Calendar Bear – which sadly, seems to have stopped working. It is now 9:20pm on the 24th so really, some embellishing and some words and I will be caught up.
I just wanted to drop in and share that though I have been absent I have somewhat stayed on top. It’s been a long, hard, sad week but now my Pop is at rest and I can start to grieve for him.
Thank you so much for following along on our December journey. I am going to share the photo of my Pop that is in our album, well, just because I can. The photo was taken on my Wedding Day and he looks happy.
I hope you all have an amazing Christmas with those you love and look forward to catching up and sharing our DD with you.
Mel
xx
Melinda Sweetman Scrapbooking 
One reply on “Sorry I have been MIA!”
So sorry to hear about your Pop – it's a hard thing to have to cope with at any time, let alone close to Christmas, & you being so close to him…….I hope you managed OK today & I'm sure he will always be with you in spirit…..take care & blessings xo
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