Because I scrapbook, I am always in the lookout for inspirational journalling ideas that I can use not only for scrapbook layouts that I might create but to use as text for any scrapbook project or handmade card that I do.

This poem was posted on a thread in an egroup that I belong to and I thought it’s a heartwarming, touching journalling quote or poem that you can use:
The Cord (Author Unknown)

We are connected,
My child and I, by
An invisible cord
Not seen by the eye.
It’s not like the cord
That connects us ’til birth
This cord can’t been seen
By any on Earth.
This cord …read more

I sketched this one day when my sister was cuddling a child. The pose was so classically mom and baby and started me thinking. Mom and baby? Mother’s Day!
If you can’t think of a gift to give your mom, you may want to check out one of these artists who made art where a mom and child were the focus:
Mary Cassatt
Pablo Picasso
Albert Edelfelt
Louis Toffoli
Clement Micarelli
The titles of their art? It is the same for each artist – Mother and Child.