Doors

     Doors are the topic at Collage Obsession this week. They can represent beginnings or endings. My take on "doors" is definitely colored by recent losses in my family. 
     
     Have you experienced the death of someone close to you? When my Father died, I wanted to die.  I wanted "time" to just ...STOP. 
     

     Sometimes, the future seems dim and unclear just like this photo:

                     This wasn't my intention. Yet, it seems right.

     Here is a clearer shot of my 12"x12" journal page:

                          Click photo for closeup and to read text.


     I've come to know the "5 Stages of Grief" personally:  Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance.

     Even though we all experience grief differently, knowing that there are s-t-a-g-e-s has been a great comfort. Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross discussed them in her book, "On Death and Dying" (published in 1969). To learn more about her, you may click on the following: 

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Foundation  


     Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look. God Bless.

• Products/Items Used: Door photo altered in iPhoto(click here for source), Arch popped up with Pop-Dots(adhesive), Photo & arch edged in Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Ink, Tim Holtz Idea-ology (Ornate Plates & Key), Making Memories(Copper letters), Sakura Gel Pens(text), Karen Foster Scrapper's Floss(ribbon).