day 23 Color of the Day is Teal

Teal is today's prompt in the Color of the Day Challenge hosted by The Mommies Review/Glenda Cates.

Teal is a combination of green and blue or is it blue and green? I suppose that depends on who you pose the question to. As a crafter when I think of Teal - I usually lean more towards the blue tones. But when I go shopping for Teal paper - -I find it is not easy to locate.

When my daughter got married in 2016, her colors were Teal, Purple, Burgundy, and Midnight Blue. The colors were beautiful together. The Reception Hall looked gorgeous with all these colors popping. This is how the tables were decorated. With pops of Teal, Blues, and Purples with the Cream in Vases. They were beautiful.  

Before the wedding, when she was getting all prettied up, we wore Flannel Shirts. They were in various colors coordinating with her color scheme of the wedding. Here is what ours looked like. I wore the Teal and she wore the Blue. 

TTeal is a very pretty color. My mom's wedding dress (her 2nd marriage) was Teal. 

When I went to visit my grandson today, he was even wearing a Teal Onesie...maybe he got the memo that today's Color of the Day was Teal! laughing out loud...

Teal is a pretty color. Looking around my craft room, I see pops of Teal all over the place. Several of my tubs have lids that are Teal. The cover of the last Glue Book I made has Teal all over it. As you can see - both items look blue, but they are really bluish/green. I made this Glue Book for the Self-Love Challenge I participated in. 

Earlier today (as I am finishing up this blog at 9:30 p.m.) my nephew had driven in from Amarillo, Texas for a doctor's appointment. He and his family had stopped by to drop off a few things that were my mom's that my sister had boxed up after mom died. When they left, I did not look in the two boxes immediately as I needed to go over and watch my grandson for a little bit while his mom worked. When I returned home, I sat on the couch and opened the two boxes. Inside of them were many different memories and things I had made mom throughout the years. Among them were these craft items (in Teal). 

As I continued to look through the box of memories, I found a card that I had sent my mom several years ago. It was Teal...

Looking even further, I found many of mom's coloring pages she had colored over the last few years. Funny thing is none of us knew she colored until about 3 years ago. As I looked through the different pages, I found this one...

I found many beautiful things today in Teal. These memories are priceless to me and I will treasure them forever. As you can imagine, the tears began to flow down my face as I looked through both boxes. I laughed at a few things, cried on many others as I held them close to my heart. Mom is here safely with me now...I have her sitting on the Hutch that I inherited from her many, many years ago. In just a few days, it will be four months since she left this earth. There are days I want to reach for the phone just to say hi and realize I cannot. I now have all these precious memories that I will treasure until I take my last breath. In the meantime, I am going to put many of these memories into a shadow box so my children and grandchildren will know who their Gammy was. The rest of the memories will find their way into Journals or Scrapbooks. 

In memory of Mom...

Now that I have shared several different items in Teal, what do you have in the color? Have you ever crafted anything in Teal? Do you have clothes in this color? 

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When Tomorrow's Door Opens Without Me

When Tomorrow’s Door Opens Without Me

By Nancy Moore Smith

When tomorrow’s door opens without me and you don’t see me, look around your environment. See the butterflies, the birds, and the bugs – see the moving clouds above.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, listen for my presence. Feel it…embrace it.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, listen for the songbirds singing – the butterflies fluttering and the smell of the flowers dancing on the landscape.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, be reminded that I will always be near you. I’ll be in your thoughts, in your memories, and in your heart. Embrace me. Embrace Us. Embrace those memories.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, don’t fear…I loved you, my child. I may not have been the perfect one for you, but I was the chosen one by Him. Embrace that. Embrace me and Embrace us.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, know that I am at peace. I have been made whole and I am dancing all around you. I’m the rustle in the leaves on the ground, I am the swaying of the branches on the tree. I am the moving clouds above and I am the water pellets falling from the sky.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, don’t cry for me. Cherish our life’s journey together, the good – the bad and the indifferent.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, walk through that door with your head held high and know one day, we shall again see one another on the other side.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me – take a sigh and breathe, look around and you will find me.

When tomorrow’s door opens without me, there you will find me.

(these words came to me this morning from my hospital room while looking out the window on a rainy, dreary day - it is in honor of our mother who passed away on 2/28/2020)

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Saying Goodbye is Bittersweet

That moment tonight when I'm contacted that we need to purchase two more Urns so we can split ashes three ways...then, the question is asked of me - 'do I want to write the Obituary'?

Wow - talk about the moment sinking in that soon we all will be saying goodbye to my/our mother, Gammy, Mimi, Aunt, and friend.

I'm numb all over...I saw mom last weekend and we both said to another, 'I'll see you on the other side'. She looked into my eyes and said, 'YES I WILL - I'll see you on the other side. I love you...God gave you to me when I had no one...I love you!"

Mother - - you are slowly leaving this place we call earth. You've wanted to leave ever since dad died back in 2009. I released you a few years back when you became very ill...now it's your time. Fly with Angel's mom.

Always on my mind and forever in my heart...

I love you <3

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