I loved this challenge of collage... but I wasn't sure about the mood... until I reached within my depths a new crossroads I'm beginning to bare... the empty nest syndrome... I really didn't know it would be like this... after twenty years of being a devoted mom - I'm now supposed to pay attention to me... and take care of me... a me I don't know - because I was devoted to being a mom... so I found the mood and went to work building a collage...

these are
the crossroads
I FEAR...
After twenty years
of being a mom...
and making it through
the challenges of life;
as if on an endless
roller coaster ride between
happiness and sorrow;,
it is time for me to let go...
at the crossroads
that I fear the most...
the empty nest.
It is an ending and
yet a beginning.

Everything is from Debra Tope at Oscraps.
Cardboard and Lace Frames from ThriftShoppe Frames 2.
Papers and frames from Autumn Funk, Mysterium and Mysterium Add-on. Most items are recolored through blends, overlaying and such... plus, I did some altering of sizing on the pre-layered frame... but everything was so much fun to play and collaged with straight from the paper packs.