A small favour please...

I hate to make sympathy cards...
not that I don't like to extend my condolences or be unsupportive...
It's just they are always made for events that make people I care about sad...
and I get overwhelmed by emotion...

That being said...
I am having the worse time creating a special enough card for a few very special people in my life...
My Uncle Jack passed away last week and although I didn't get to see him very often I still can't imagine our family get togethers without him...he had a way of just looking at me and raising an eyebrow or a tilt of his head that let me know I wasn't thinking things all the way through and probably wasn't making the best choice but that he respected my choice...and he did it without judgement or being condesending...he also had a wicked sense of humour and always had some funny story to share. He was extremely well read and I just loved being in his company. He was also married to my Godmother...an amazing woman who has so many admirable qualities but her open heart and incredible strength top that very long list!! I have so many things I want to say but they all seem so trivial in light of recent events...
so I'm trying to say it with my paper art...a card...from my heart...and I'm struggling...

And then earlier this week my Aunt Carol also passed.
To say that I am not appreciating this opportunity to get better at creating sympathy cards is an understatement!! She was a incredible woman with a quiet strength and a quick smile and hug. To lose her to cancer is just wrong! Her funeral was extremely emotional and touching...more of a celebration of her life which she would have loved but I am still struggling to create an appropriate enough card to share.

And since these things seem to come in threes...

A very good friend of mine received some less than great news and although I know in my heart that things are going to work out for her...she's young and strong with a family that needs her and she is a fighter...(I wouldn't want to mess with her!! LOL!!) I am again struggling to create something appropriate to let her know I am in her corner and pulling for her with all my might. I am just so heartbroken that her and her family have to go through this...and I desperately don't want to lose my friend!!!

I wouldn't normally ask but...I am...

If you are the kind of person who prays, please include the families left behind in your prayers as well as my friend and her family. I know you may not know them but they are so important to the people in their lives and they are struggling to deal with their losses and to find the courage to deal with the future. Please ask for brighter days ahead for them. Thank you

Now I'm off to create some art from my heart
I hope you do too!