It stinks that you were alone on Mother's Day but it sounds as if you made the best of it:) I love the brick paper, in fact, all of the papers are great choices! I love the curly ribbon stapled to the photo and the curly strings in the clusters are nice touches. Love the page!
What a fabulous photo of that oh so yummy looking pizza, and I love the story of your journaling. The layering here is fabulous and your cluster work is superb! I also love your new profile photo....SO CUTE!