This looks great and sounds like a wonderful gift. perhaps you would like to put the poem on a separate sheet as it is quite hard to read. I am sure you will cherish it all your life.
Gayle, I sounds like you definitely need to take time out for yourself. Good advice and as they say in the classics "You go girl". Beautiful journalling.
I Love this. Brought a tear to the eye ( my husband and I call it shiney eyes). I think I have also learnt from your lesson. Trying to fit in everything you have to do and things you want to do doesn't always work. Your words are beautiful.
Marj - Great way to relax. At the moment raining and pretty cold as we are just starting into winter but lovely to see a pool for relaxing. Hope you get to relax like this during your summer
Pat. Lovely to have the family in one shot. Sorry to hear of the family problems, etc. Photos often only mean a lot some time after the event as life moves on and things change. The photos become precious as we have found out. I love your layout with the tartan.