Sponsor Giveaway | Scrapbooking From The Inside Out

i knew for sure that i hd the inner qualities to be resilient...in 2011...when my husband ha an accident in our home...was ina coma for a few months..and died...i suddenly because a widow..with a second grader (my daughter)...at the age of 44...and was alone here..(no family living nearby)...
in the months that followed.i grew so much as a person...and thrived as a single parent..
now..years later..i have journeyed through those days and that time in my life..and i live today as a different woman...with the knowlege and security of knowing that if i could make it thru those darkest days of my life...alone...and emerge intact ..happy..and in good emotional health...that i could.....i am sure...survive anything to me..this is what bouncing back..being resilient is all about.
i also know that i would have done it all for myself..for survival...however..when you have child..the inner drive that you can dig out of yourself is a driving force in your ability and desire to survive....

I feel resilient every day when I wake up and tackle life. I know people will judge me at work and I tell myself I am enough. I know my kids will act "needy" and I may be tired but I tell myself if not now, when. They will grow up and it will be too late. I think we have to be grounded in who we want to be and that helps us be resilient to all that life may throw at us.

Being a stay at home mom for the past eight years! Somes days you just want to give them back.

resilience.four children ages 33-19.3 of them boys.resilience!

Resilience, where do I begin. In 2009 I was told after 16 years Of doing a job that I love I could no longer work. I had many back surgeries and I found there were no other options to help me... Soon after my Chevon we diagnosed with cervical cancer... She/we fought a very hard battle, but after a little over a year she lost her life to the cancer. She was a daughter, mother of 4 young sons, and my best friend. After going through a deep depression for the next year plus... I was just beginning to come out a little and BAM... My husband was just diagnosed with rectal cancer. I have found that I am resilient and I can move forward. I have been using scr apbooking as a crutch to heal myself so that I can be the best caretaker for him. We are about half way through his testament and then he can have his surgery to remove the bad area. I think that I would be a great candidate for this particular give away... I look at them each month and wish there were away to be able to buy one.. THANKS FOR THE CHANCE,!!

Having moved away from our children to a new area, new jobs, new future has been very exciting yet so scary at the same time. Each day is getting better all the time! I love it here and am accepting our new life.

Everyone has faced a difficult time in their lives, and people are really amazing because we keep on moving forward.

I didn't call it resilience at the time but moving far away from everything and everyone I've ever known for more opportunities. Now that I have a family of my own, I can look back and be thankful for those struggles and hardships. They've made me who I am and more resilient than I thought I could be.

Calling off my wedding 3 weeks before the day, and sticking to my decision, despite severe depression and constant questioning of my actions, not to mention sad, desperate phone calls from my ex. That resilence lead me to my current amazing husband of 10+ years, and my two beautiful children. Resilience leads to blessings.

I would love to have a kit like this for my sister, who also happens to be my best friend. She was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer on March 30th. Friday was her first chemotherapy treatment session. She is 34 years old and has 3 beautiful little girls and a husband that love her dearly. I have spent the last couple of weeks encouraging her to FIGHT and that she will get through this. She is a beautiful and strong woman. I know she can.

Resiliency is coming through an illness and staying strong, going on to become who you want to be. Resiliency is forgetting your past to look to the future.

I lost my son almost 6 years ago, and the lessons he has taught me in his passing have taught me to love deeper, live happier and not to sweat the small stuff. I have since remarried and in 2 weeks my baby boy will turn 1! It's been quite the journey but I made it!

resilience is trying to keep a positive attitude in everyday living - it's tough some days dealing with everyday issues.i applaud everyone posting their challenges - but know that God walks beside you every step of the way!

Watching my mom battle cancer gives me resilience. She has such strength and just keeps on fighting. I can't give up on life's little things when she keeps fighting a battle for her life. My mom is my HERO!

As a single mother I have kept my resilience with balancing a full time job, a part time job, going to school full time, being a care giver to my ill mother and taking care of my teenager daughter. At times it has been a struggle but my positive attitude has kept me moving forward enabling me to have a better career. I have now been offered a full time management position with my part time job with more money and benefits so that I will now be able to spend more time with my family. Such a true blessing.

My most recent experience with resilence is holding my school together through lay-offs, budget cuts and the ever increasing poverty level of our students. Having to tell a wonderful teacher that they can no longer teach is heartbreaking....
Thank goodness for the past difficulties in life for preparing me to handle this one.....:)

I cannot compare to the amazing women who have shared their stores above. Mine resilience is choosing to participate in an endurance event with Team In Training. I did not know anyone when I started who suffered with Leukemia or Lymphoma; however, through this experience I have met some amazing people who are fighting for their lives. I have never been athletic. Each time I run I wonder what I am doing. The aches, the pains, the physical therapy, etc. I have to look at it through the eyes of someone suffering from one of these blood cancers and keep going.

My resilience comes from raising teenagers. I need to scrapbook to get away and enjoy some time to myself. In the last year, my son has gone through a tough time in school, and tried to commit suicide over a girlfriend, ran away twice. He is the child you would never think of having any kind of problems, but he did. I finally switched schools and he is a total different kid. So the last year has been scrapbooking everything about my kids because you never know when they could be gone. It has taught me to be stronger and happier than I have ever been in my life. I love scrapbooking and will never give it up!

Being a working mom with a husband that is a school superintendent means that even more responsiblity falls on me. I love our life but sometimes the weight of keeping it all together gets to me! Being resiliant means taking stock of all the good things we do accomplish together and being able to move forward and keep up the pace!

I always thought I HAD resilience. Then my husband got laid off. Over fifteen months ago. Wow, the emotions that I have gone through. But here I am, over a year later trying to keep my husband posiitive, trying to keep life for my two children as normal as possible, trying to stand back up each time this struggle knocks me down. And I do. And I will continue to. Because I have learned that I AM resilient.

Lately resilliance in our life is balancing life with two parents who are dealing with alzhiemers. One in the middle stages, and the other who may or may not be showing early signs, is stressed out from being the primary caretaker and who refuses most offers help until there is a crisis. We try to be supportive of them both, and sometimes they're equally endearing and frustrating. We feel blessed that they're living a mostly independant life with a little help from us.

For me, it would have to be having the courage to get out of bed everyday after the loss of my son. Losing a child is every parents worst nightmare. As parents we are not built to handle burying a child. I hated life and everyone in it. With the love of my husband, family and very dear friends I have found the strength to carry on. I know that in time, Gods time, we will be reunited. I live for that day. And I live, not taking for granted the small moments, really enjoying everything.

Resilience for me means emerging from hard times with grace - moving on with strength, and without complaint

I have found Resilience is something that resides within each of us. We show it in unique and different ways but its there. Having other women to share and support seems to make all the difference in the world. After experiencing many losses in this last few years of loved ones of many ages...I am still smiling and standing and there to lend a hand to others. Just like those affected by the natural disasters of late, human kind is resilient and that is due to standing together. A beautiful and thought provoking post. Thanks Ali.

I'm a mom of one with a husband and full time job. This year I decided to go back to school in order to do something that I wanted for a long time, study history I'm doing this with the help of a great at home support system and great friends at school. I think that I reslent because I keep getting up and going everyday and face each challenge that comes one at a time. It may not be easy some days but it has to be done so I just do it.