For the Lost Children out there - and to all of the Mothers who are Missing them

It's Mother's Day and it's always a hard day for me.  I will never get a Mother's Day card or gift from my girls.  I never even heard, "I Love you, Mama." from them.  It physically hurts to know that I will never spend Mother's Day with my girls, never get a handmade gift or a hug and kiss, breakfast in bed.  My heart just aches - it's like a knife in my heart but when the pain stops for a second and I can think again, I tell my girls it's okay.  Mother's Day is not about me.  It's about them and being thankful that I am a Mom and that I had my beautiful little girls in my arms for one year of my life and how I held them in my arms every night and I bundled them up tight and nursed them (until they got too sick) and kissed them. So, I spent the day spoiling my living son and missing my girls wishing with all my heart that I could just be with them - see them grow, teach them, love them.
My heart hurts so much and yet, there are mothers out there who have it worse than me.  Children who have been stolen and abused or killed - the truly lost children.  This month, my charity kit is to benefit those families.  All profits (minus paypal fees) will go to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.  No matter how hard my life feels, I cannot imagine what it would be like to have my child abducted and killed or to never know what has happened to my child.  As hard as it was to bury my girls, I know where they are and can visit their graves.  This Mother's Day, I want to help those Mothers (and families) who may not.
Appropriately, my new charity kit is called The Lost Princess and was themed after Rapunzel, Disney's Lost Princess, from the movie Tangled.  Rapunzel is a princess that was taken from her parents as a baby and is finally reunited with her family at the end of the movie.
Here is the kit.  It is huge - with all of the freebies and add on, it is over 230 MB!  It also includes an alphamaker to make multiple different alphas to match the kit!

I started to make this kit for my daughter, Bree-Elle, on her birthday last month.  She would have been 4 years old.  We bought her a Tangled cake and decorated with Rapunzel items including a purple and pink pinata that my son broke open.  I made this add-on that will be free with a donation for the kit.

You can get the Lost Princess kit and Birthday Part add-on, for a donation of $4.50 or more.  As always, if you would like to make a large donation for tax purposes, you can just send me a copy of the receipt and I will give you the kit.

**I'm sorry! This kit is no longer available.**

Please allow up to 24 hours to get the download links - I have to email them out to your PayPal email address and I do sleep once in awhile even if I'm an insomniac :)

And I've made a freebie for you to match the kit for your Disney digital scrapbooking pages:

Download it here
Enjoy.  I hope you were able to spend Mother's Day with those you love.
Hugs,
Denise aka A Grieving Mommy

A Huge Thank You to those Who Helped Raise Money for Japan!

I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to those of you that donated to help Japan for the Warrior Princess Kit.  Together, we donated $175 to the American Red Cross!

As of now, any sales of that kit will go to the current charity I am raising money for.
Thank you and Hugs!
Denise aka A Grieving Mommy

New Kit 4 Charity - Mulan Themed "Warrior Princess" to benefit Japan

Have you been completely blown away by the devastation in Japan like I have?  I just can't believe the loss and all of the problems that Japan is facing.  I wanted to do something to help them and so I started thinking about what kind of kit I could do that would be appropriate, make sense and so forth.  So my mind went to my favorite Princess who's not a Princess really (and not from Japan either, I know!) but I love the fact that she is considered one of the Disney Princesses because of her courage, bravery, and strength!
What a better person to theme a kit after to help this cause?
So here is my Charity digital scrapbooking kit inspired by Mulan.  As always, 100% of the profits (minus PayPal fees) will go to the charity.  In this case, I will be donating to the American Red Cross to benefit Japan.  (If you would like to make a large donation directly yourself and have a receipt for tax purposes - just send me the receipt and I will still give you the kit!)
Here is the kit called Warrior Princess:

It is a huge kit and includes 143 MB, 67 unique elements, 2 clusters, and 15 papers.
Here are the pages I made with it:

This page uses a freebie template by Jenn for the MouseScrappers Template Challenge here.

This page uses a freebie template by Amber for the MouseScrappers Template Challenge here.
You can get my Warrior Princess Kit by donating at least $4.50 or more to benefit Japan.

**EDITED: Proceeds will now go to the current charity since this kit is over one month old and the donation has been made to the American Red Cross.

You will also get these free clusters with the kit:

And I also have a freebie for everyone out there.

Here is some wordart for ya.  Enjoy!

Download here

If you get an error, please try again in a few minutes.  It just means the server is really busy.

Please remember that I have to email the links out manually and sometimes I sleep a little so give me a few hours to send out links.  Thanks so much.

Sending hugs to you :)

Denise aka A Grieving Mommy

Movement Charity Kit to benefit MS

I made some pages using a Charity Collab Kit called Movement that benefits Multiple Sclerosis.  It is called Movement and you can find it here at Gingerscraps.  My new friend Mandy headed up this cause because of her Mom's battle with MS.  You can read about her story here.

Here are my pages I made with it - that are included in the QuickPage Set that is for sale to match the kit:

Sending hugs to you :)
Denise aka A Grieving Mommy

February is Dental Health Month - New Charity Kit for Operation Smile and Freebie too!

I have a new Charity Kit for Dental Health Month today called Tooth Fairy!  It's perfect for those dentist and loose tooth pages and all profits will go to Operation Smile - a nonprofit group that helps children all over the world in need of dental help.  Find out more about Operation Smile here.

It is 140 MB with 13 papers and 51 elements.
Here are the pages I scrapped with it of my son losing his first tooth :)

Donate any amount over $2.35 to get this kit and the profits (minus the PayPal charge) will all be forwarded on to Operation Smile by me along with my own personal donation.
Please note:  The link to download the kit will be sent to the address used in PayPal so make sure it's correct!  Also, please allow at least 24 hours for the link to come - I do sleep once in awhile :)  If you have questions, you can contact me at agrievingmommy@yahoo.com
Thanks for helping me help Operation Smile!

**EDITED - Proceeds will now go to this month's charity since this kit is over a month old.

And here's some freebie wordart to go with it!  Enjoy :)

Download here
Hugs :)
A Grieving Mommy