Taking Risks.

My love for photography and writing has inspired me to take a bit of a risk.

The ironic part is that I'm not crazy about all this "constant connectivity" that comes with the advancing technology of things like the IPhone, the Blackberry, Instant Message, Text Messages, Twitter, Facebook, Blogging and such...I guess I’m just an old school kind of girl.  Go figure - since I have facebook and now a blog.  Oh well.

But, that being said, I do like the idea of having an outlet...a place to post daily photos and/or thoughts of things that capture my eye, but mainly things that capture my heart.  To have a place to share these experiences, whether mine or those of others, makes perfect sense to me.  I'm not sure why, but I'm going with it.  At least for now.

Because here's the thing.  We live in a world full of surprises and devastations.  A world in which cancer sneaks into families and changes lives forever.  A world in which greed and selfishness cause couples to split, leaving behind confused and sad children.  A world in which terrorists fly planes into buildings tearing families apart and ending lives too soon.

When you think about it, it's amazing that wonderful things still happen.  But, they do.  People fall in love and get married, babies are born, animals are adopted into loving families, friendships are formed, promotions are offered, trips are taken, and so much more.  Love is everywhere and I want to capture that.

For me, 2009 was a pretty emotional and unbelievably messy year.  I would have never, in a million years, imagined that my family and I would experience the things we did this past year.  But we did, and in a way, we still are.  Every day is new.  Every day is different.  But that's life.  Life never asks us what we want.  It doesn't care.  Things happen and it's up to our faith to carry us through.  During this time I had my family, my friends, and my God yet there were still many times I felt alone.  Honestly, there are times I still do.  While I'm not proud of that, I've at least come to terms with it.  But for those of you who know me, this shouldn't come as a surprise.

So this is my attempt to make sense out of it all.  To find the beauty in the pain.  To see the bigger picture and accept that life really does have so many wonderful things to offer.  Even if, at certain times, I don't truly believe it.  Hey, I'm only human.

So work with me on this.  It could be interesting!

Picture posts to come soon.
 
xoxo