Viva la Verve May week 4

Good morning crafty friends! It is memorial day today which means if

there is any day you remember those that have died to keep our country free

that it is this day. A friend and mentor of mine was killed in action

on August 14th of 2011. 1Lt Damon Leehan served his country in the 

Army National Guard. He was a family man that loved nothing 

more than to talk about his wife and his young children. Damon was also

a Radiology Technologist when we wasn't serving his country. I can

honestly say that I would not have made it through my first two semesters

of radiology school if it were not for him. His contagious smile and

excessively optimistic outlook made me feel like I really could do this job.

He was always there to lend me a hand and to make sure I took

all the necessary x-rays that I needed to pass and helped me with the difficult

ones and afterwards said, see, that wasn't so bad, knew you could do it!

Heaven gained a great one that day, if you don't mind, please say a 

quick prayer for his wife Audrey and their now 7 year old and 4 year old.

On a different note, I created this card last night whilst thinking of them.

I followed the May week 4 sketch from Viva la Verve. I am 

also entering this card into the current challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Enabler's List:

Paper: Teresa Collins- Memories

Stamps: Verve - New Mercies, Verve - Bloom and Grow, and Verve - Joyful Blooms

Ink: CTMH whisper

Dies: Verve - elegant leaves, Verve - Joyful Blooms and 

Nestabilities labels One and Seventeen

Misc: CTMH silver shimmer trim, Recollections doily, and CTMH sparkles