I've been going through old photos, and came across these of my younger son at the fair. He was so excited to win a Spiderman and Spiro! I pulled elements such as Urban Stitches, Art Strokes, Paint Strokes, Bokeh Overlay, and a Frame (recolored) from various templates and kits. I created...

Beautiful, expressive, "day in the life" layout. Especially love the family photo stepping outside the bounds of the frame!

Great flow and composition!

Thanks for the great info. You are VERY informed! Do you know if there is a listing of Lyme-literate doctors online somewhere, so I can find one near us?

Clara and Chris, Epstein Barr Virus was one of the first things Cheyenne was diagnosed with, but later testing ruled it out. We did go for about a month though, just waiting for it to run its course...expecting her to get back to normal soon. I had it as a teen and it put me down for about 6...

Thank you, I will look into lymetap today. Cheyenne took a course of antibiotics (doxy I believe) for 2 weeks following the positive test results for RMSF. Do you happen to know the treatment protocol for lyme?

Thank you for your thoughtful and supportive words; I will certainly pass those on to Cheyenne! I believe the outpouring of support she has received has been the best medicine she could possibly have right now. Emotional pain can be as bad as physical pain, and dealing with both was just too much.

Surprisingly, one of them stopped by the kiosk at the mall where my older daughter works, and asked her to tell Cheyenne that she had heard her song and to tell her that she thought it was beautiful.

Thank you for the kind words; I will certainly pass them on to Cheyenne!

Oh my, your family has really been through the wringer with this disease! It must be incredibly hard to deal with it day-in, day-out, year after year. My heart goes out to all of you. It makes sense to suspect Lyme as I originally did, after all, the tick that passed on RMSF to my daughter...

Thank you for the information; you are the second person on here to warn me about lab results. It makes sense that she could have contracted Lyme along with the RMSF.

Mostly, except for a couple of kids, her "friends" moved on as well. Prolonged illness is so isolating to anyone, to a child, it is especially hard. On social networks, kids who are out of the school scene are continuously being reminded of everything they are missing out on, from the excitement...

Stunning! Your shadowing is so realistic that I feel I could reach out and touch the beautiful elements you placed so perfectly!

Thank you so much for your wonderful message; I just read it to Cheyenne and she was just broke out in a huge grin! Thank you for sending the link to your daughter to share with her group. My oldest son, now in his twenties, is gay and when he was growing up we had to move him several times...

Thank you, and I agree, the teenage years are the hardest.

Thank you Rae, I'll tell Cheyenne that!

Thank you, I think it is too!

Chris, thank you so much for your kind words and support! please feel free to share Cheyenne's song. We suspected Lyme with her, but she has been through testing 3 times and it is negative. But...the symptoms seem so much like it. It was a sudden illness, fever, headache, progressed to stiff...

My 15 year-old daughter, Cheyenne Rose, has been terribly ill for nearly 4 years with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome following a tick bite that resulted in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. What seemed to be a run-of-the-mill virus at first, only got worse with time. It would be months...

Really loving your unique style! Off to view more of your gallery!