08/06/2025
Hey guys this is Laura half of LarLea Designs. As most of you know I lost the other half of LarLea and my heart on February 22nd of this year. To give you all a little back story on LarLeaDesigns it was created so my sister and I could spend more time together in our happy place as we called it. On October 4th of last year, we made the announcement that we were going to start our little venture and if you haven’t already figured it out LarLeais the first 3 letters of our names. Leah was diagnosed with MS in 2010 and eventually had to quite work because of her health. She started making wreaths, door hangers and other arrangements just to give her something to do and keep her sanity. She had started teaching me how to arrange flowers onto wreaths and other small projects. She would just laugh and make fun of me because of how much I stressed over what I was trying to make. She was and always will be better than me in that department. Now you give me a simple craft, some fabric a sewing machine and I’m in my element. So together we made the perfect team. After we made the announcement, we never were really able to get much started because Leah’s health started declining. In September she went to the dermatologist and had a small place removed not thinking it was anything. Well, it turned out to be the worst type of melanoma you could get. She had to start taking treatments and everything was going well or that is what we all thought at the time. All her scans had come back good and the treatments seemed to be working. Around Christmas she had started having some bad episodes but she and the doctors thought the pain and other symptoms was related to her MS. It wasn’t until a few days before she passed that we found out it was the cancer and it had spread everywhere. Before we could process what was happening, she was gone and we were all left in complete shock and disbelief. At that point I couldn’t even think about doing anything in my life without her. She was always the one that would push me to do things outside of my comfort zone and get things done. She was the leader and I was the follower. So, after she left me, my whole world stopped and I didn’t think I could ever do anything again. I have wanted to post something on our page for a long time but I just couldn’t ever find the words. I even blocked and unsubscribed to social media sites and people we watched together that made crafts and DIY projects. I just couldn’t do it because we were always sending each other videos and ideas. I still to this day haven’t been able to walk into Hobby Lobby or Home Goods which was our favorite stores to go to. I know everyone says time will heal your pain and it has a little but I still miss her so much and every time I look at all the totes with our stuff in them, I just cry and walk away. I am not the same person as I once was with her by my side. With all that being said I know she would be so upset with me because I have just shut down everything that made us so happy. I can hear her saying get off your ass and do what makes you happy! So, I plan to try and get some things together including myself and continue with our dream of doing what made us happy. Please pray for me during this process. I want to do what she would want me to do and do it in her honor. Thank you all for taking the time to read this long post and for all your thoughts and prayers. Without my faith in the Lord, I would not be able to walk through this life. I will post again soon…… Laura
