I just loved working on this glorious palette and inspiration image at CSI!

I was immediately inspired by the flowers and the leaves; and also by the polka dots. I loved the black frames on the image, so I copied this across to my layout too. I used cursive in some of my ‘titles’ as well. Here is what I created:

My journaling comes from a prompt for joy – number 3, which was ‘what kind of thoughts would your happiest self think – give 3 examples’.
Well… my first thought is always how very lucky I am to be mom to this incredible child of mine; I am in awe, practically daily, that her birthmom chose ME! And then my thoughts go to complete contentment – within myself and within my family life. Lastly, I think about how far I have come with the cards I have been dealt.
Here are some close-ups: