I am tearing up... September Sa Crafters Layout Challenge

Hi, everyone. I entered September Sa crafters layout challenge over on YouTube.

I had to follow a sketch and this is what I came up with. The rules stated I had to read my journaling which in this situation it was very hard to bring back "Bad Times" I normally just scrapbook and journal all of my "Happy Times" but in this case it was not.

I have been wanting to do the cover page of my dogs scrapbook for a while now and knew what I wanted for the cover but have not until now had enough strength to do it. 

This layout means quite a bit to me so I hope you enjoy it. If you cant read the journaling and want to know what exactly made this so difficult to do just watch the video. 

Photos of my layout

Thanks for looking!