I'm proud of the military members of my family. My sil is an Army chaplain, currently stationed at Ft. Gordon, GA. This layout has pictures from Dec. 2008 when my son-in-law returned from his tour in Iraq. Now he's already done a second tour there and is back home again. My idea for this lo which I titled "Heros All" is that there are many kinds of heros. Certainly, our military men & women are all heros, no matter where they are serving but those that they have left behind are heros too. For the 15 months that my s-i-l was over there, my dear daughter had to function as a single mom for their 3 children. She is a hero, imo, for the sacrifices that she makes so that her husband can do his job. The kids also are heros because they have to spend that time without their daddy to guide them.
For this page, I used So Saffron cardstock for the background, Always Artichoke for the matting and title and Mellow Moss for the journaling box. I ran the Hero (#116229) Jumbo Wheel in Real Red for the bottom border. The ribbon is Old Olive 1/2" striped grosgrain (#113883) ribbon. I punched the arrows from Always Artichoke cardstock using the My Way (#110709) punch. To finish out the look, I used Star Designer Brads (#112572) on the corners of the journaling box.
Obviously, I'm proud of my family members who serve our great nation. I hope that all Americans will take time to say thank you the next time you see a military person. I'm very glad that for my s-i-ls last deployment my daughter & my grandchildren were only 30 miles away from home. We enjoyed their 2 yrs at Ft. Hood but realize that they have to move on. It does make a grandma sad so!
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