My DH's grandmother had to be strong. She is the one on the left and her four children are in the picture. I love the look of it with the flags.
Journaling reads:
Catherine's mother died when she was only nine. Her stepmother apparently was stereotypically wicked. At eighteen she left Bavaria for American where she cared for her uncle and his wife in Illinois. They left her their land making her a desirable bride. She then married, moved to a farm in Tennessee and had four children. Her husband could never tear himself away from his mother and siblings and eventually Catherine divorced him. She raised the four children on her own and later remarried to a man who put her first. She always had to be strong!
Credits:
-background paper, star elements, color blocks: Oscraps Collab Homespun
-photo masks: ArtPlay Vitality FotoBlendz by Anna Aspnes
-lines: SkinnyLined Overlays No. 2 by Anna Aspnes
-wordart ArtPlay Palette Encapsulate by Dido Designs

fonts: Impress BT, Blue Highway