fracas

The first web site I ever made was all done with my own photos. I cut out flowers etc. and made graphics, buttons, backgrounds, etc. with them. I haven’t updated this site in ages but it’s still there. Take a peek and see my photo pages.

Love ya!

I saw you and your harley! I think I’ve even seen your site before - a long time ago? And I love your cloud pictures, they’re better than anything I’ve seen yet. I have a fascination with clouds… and have oodles of them to upload. None quite as spectacular as yours yet though, I’ll keep trying.

Thanks for posting. I thought I was still alone here. I guess I need to get myself out there a little more so people know that maybe my pictures aren’t the greatest out there but they’re actually free and they can make all kinds of stuff with them.

I think you have a good eye. Well, both I suppose. haha I like your textures with the bricks and the river is very nicely composed.

You’re not alone… I like your fracas! :o]

Aww, that’s very sweet of you. I haven’t had time to get up more. I’ve spent my online time tonight looking for positive examples of preemies surviving IVH (brain bleeds) to help give some hope to my niece. It was worth it though, I did find quite a few real-life stories of babies who suffered even the worst grade bleeds, going on to live and be healthy. Staying up till 3am was worth it.

Mwah! You’re a gem. More beautiful than all those glorious pictures you’ve taken.

Facas, I love your pictures . I also love the fact that you stayed up
researching the
topic of preemies surviving IVH . Now what I would like to know is (this may be too personal of a question) was there a reason you researched that particular topic? I am to be a Grams soon and they say the baby is small (nothing to do with IVH or anything) but I find myself looking for any clues to why, so I stay up late alot looking at all sorts of clues .
Aywhoo I’ m going on and on….
I havent taken any photos yet but from all I’ve seen so far I will . :)
Have a great day :)

Hi Judy! This post will explain why I was researching IVH. My grand-nieces were born at 26 weeks, making IVH something that was almost certain to happen to them. I’m not sure where the line is for when it doesn’t happen anymore but I did notice during the reading of many, many preemie stories online, is that babies born premature but closer to 40 weeks, and weighing over 3 or 4 pounds didn’t seem to have the IVH problems. I take it that your grandbaby isn’t born yet. How many weeks along is the mom in the pregnancy? Babies born even at 3 and 4 pounds have remarkably good survival and health rates these days, it’s those teenie ones that still go through all this stuff. Then again, used to be that babies born at 26 weeks had little chance and here they are, almost 4 weeks later and still fighting it out!

Thanks for your post, and please use all the images you like. I got so frustrated going to places with “free” images only to find that you still had to join, and pay small amounts… that I decided to actually give them away for nothing! I’ll get more up soon. I’d like to take photos of typical items people are often looking for when they want to make web graphics, or create a background for a poem or other stuff they want to do online. I’d also be happy to take suggestions as to what people are looking for.

Fracas, I read the post … what can I say , possibly all the things any of us can say like , I’ll pray there is a God and He OR She does not see “only 4%” . I can also say I “understand” but then that would be a lie . I don’t understand and I can’t because I have not had to go through that. What I have had to go through is this : 1. I lost a Son to SIDS at 1 month 28 days, 29 years ago. I also
lost a Son in a car accident in 2004. He was 24 , Engaged and the happist I had ever saw him.
What I am saying to you and to your Neice is this : God be with you all as you are living through this
I WILL pray for the babies and most of all ,you all, who have to deal with this , I will also say I care because , I love life and I love people , it doesnt matter how long you know someone, it matters how much you care for life and the people you meet along the journey. God works in mysterious ways…..
Babies now born early have a greater
chance of living and living with less problems than ever before.
I hope to read of their 1st birthday here someday !
I feel for you all and I hope things get better.
I hope that the way I worded this , I dont come off as rude or brass ,
As I’m neither of them….
My Daughter is 27 weeks . They say the baby is small .
I have read and re-read and I didnt find the weight she is to be overly small for the due date. I think with my Daughters weight going up and up they think she should have some huge baby in there but she isnt .
My Daughter Jessica is 5-2and her Hubby is 5-3. they are both small framed.
So I’m thinking the baby should be small :)
Oh well it will be what it will be and no amount of worrying will change that.
Now,for your photos I really love the bridges
because both my Husband and I have built bridges for a living , although now he builds marinas and I bake , LOL.
I still love them . I also love snow because here in Florida , you will not find that LOL.. I was born in Michigan and there was always snow and lots of it during winter. To this day I still feel disapointed when its not cold and snowy during Thanksgiving and Christmas.
ok so it’s time to end this book . I hope you have a great holidays and I hope things get better every single day for your Grand-Neices and for their Parents.
Peace. Judy B

Judy, I love your cakes! Oh my gosh, the red velvet one defies description.
I have more bridge pictures. I’ll post them soon.
About your grandbaby. Most of the baby’s weight is gained in the last two months of pregnancy so I wouldn’t worry just yet. I had two rough pregnancies (sick all nine months, actually lost 20 lbs at the front end of it) and both babies ended up gaining enough by 40 weeks. One was almost 8 lbs and the other was almost 9! I’m not tiny like your daughter, but just average at 5′5-6″. Just so long as she’s eating healthy, relax for now.
Thanks for your moral support. Many of us do just have this feeling that the babies are going to be alright. And coming from a really big family as I do (8 sibs on my side) we have half the world praying for them by now.
I’ve added your red velvet cake page to the blogroll. That cake, is one that should be shared with the world, even if only in photo.

hi my name is vernon and my wife and i had a premature baby. she was born on 29 weeks and suffered a grade 4 ivh. im looking for people with the same experiance to get some advice as the drs told us that there is nothing that they could do.if theres someone that could help we would be most thankfull.theres also been a buildup of fluids thats cousing expanding of the ventricals.

vernon, I’d suggest that you head over to shareyourstory.org and set yourself up a profile there, post your story and ask for help. It’s a community of people who are either going through preemie (and micropreemie) experiences or have been through them. My niece posted there and has met friends and people to share experiences and information. You will find support there! If you’d like to email me at fracas at canada dot com I will direct you to another site as well.

My niece was told there was no hope for her babies, initially given only a 4% chance of survival and told because of their grade 4 IVH bleeds, that they would both be severely mentally disabled as well as probably have no motor abilities from the neck down.

Almost one year later, they are both alive and though not problem free… are nowhere near what was predicted.

Please do email and please make the first thing you do be sign up at shareyourstory.org because you will find others to support you right away and that’s what you need!

Blessings to you.