He woke up early and started his day. I struggled most mornings to get out of bed. He picked up the phone to answer with a happy ‘hello’. I walked right by and let it ring. He tackled work as if his life depended on it. I let the clean laundry pile up on the…
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Memory Box Tutorial
Continue...What you need: – Gesso – Gel Medium (glossy works best) – Small Hand Towel – Paper Maiche Box – Paintbrush – Iridescent Acylic Medium (optional) – White Tissue Paper Step 1 Begin by ‘painting’ gesso over the box, and add small strips of the tissue paper to create texture, as seen below. Paint with…
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Finding Light in Darkness
Continue...I lost all faith in the universe the day we lost her. My happy little life shattered in an instant. Instead of the universe rewarding us with our first daughter and the start of a growing family, she left us with a vacant womb, empty arms, and a broken heart. I questioned everything I knew…
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The Comfort of Creativity When Your Baby Has Died
Continue...When Eve, my first child, died inside of me, I felt lost and afraid. What would become of me, of my marriage? Could I survive my daughter’s stillbirth? Where was God, and why did He let my only child die? Most importantly, who was I now that this gift of a daughter had been snatched…
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Laurelbox: A Nourishment For Your Soul Giveaway
Continue...Editor’s Note: I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Johanna Mutz 30, of Denver, Colorado and her cousin and best friend Denise Wolfe, 35, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and discussing their new online store, Laurelbox. In the course of the back and forth, Johanna and Denise were kind enough to send me my own Laurelbox, filled…
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Some things never change…
Continue...The Early Lost The shade of death upon my threshold lay, The sun from thy life’s dial had departed A cloud came down upon thy early day And left thy hapless mother broken-hearted My boy – my boy Long weary months have pass’d since that sad day But naught beguiles my bosom of its sorrow…
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Expecting a Rainbow Gift Package Giveaway
Continue...There are so many things that I love about the community here at Still Standing Magazine! It is a constant place for support and encouragement ~ a safe haven for the broken, a companion for the dark and quiet hours when the world is asleep. Even after almost five years after the stillbirth of my…
