Paying Tribute in my own way to Mum

I decided to play along with the latest challenge over at Colour Combo's Galore this week and found myself not only creating a scrap page but writing a poem.  You see as well as the colour combination their inspiration part of the challenge was to Pay Tribute to a Very Special Female in your Life.

Stamps:  Unity Dec & Jan SMAK Kits, Papers:  Stampin' Up!

Ink:  SU Riding Hood Red, Tattered Rose and Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

Other:  EK Success Heart Border Punch, SU Eyelet Border Punch, EK Success Photo Corner Punch,

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Die, Assorted Flowers from Stash, Rhinestones.

I didn't have exactly the same colours, but used the closest I had to them

The page is about my mum.  As some of you may know my mother is in the early - mid stages of dementia and nine months ago we had both my parents move from Brisbane to Casino to live with us.  Knowing that each day we are losing my mother little by little, this page/poem was a way for me to express my current thoughts and feelings when it comes to my mum battling Dementia.  Making everyday count with her is now more important than ever.

My poem reads:

The fog is slowly coming in, invading the walls of your mind.
Effecting all your memories, it's now just a matter of time.


I have seen the spark go from your eyes, acknowledging you can't comprehend
Yet still in life you participate, with routine your only friend.


For your loved ones it is hard to bear, as we watch you slip away
To lose more and more of the one we love, each and every day.


Dementia is hard to understand; how it randomly effects the brain
Stealing memories from moments before, whilst bringing others to life again.


I cherish the time hearing of days gone by as you sit and reminisce
Triggering my own wonderful memories of my mother who I already miss


And although there is probably many years ahead, to grieve and let you go
This journey until your eventual death, will for me be greatly painful and slow.