"Little kids are different.
Because the world is a new place for them, they notice far more detail.
They have to see these details because they haven't yet learned to
abbreviate the visual complexity of the world down to simple symbols
like desk.
Unfortunately, for a photographer, the visual complexity of the world
is also the raw material for your photography. So you don't want your
brain to abbreviate your experience, you want it to see every detail.
In other words, you want to learn to see again, as you did when you were
a kid."
Ben Long
Ben Long
from this past week that made me stop and give thanks...
...an icy day where we had no plans and could stay in all day...
...healthy dinners planned for the next few nights...
...my husband's resolve for health...
...a morning walk with a friend...
...a quiet morning to read before the kids awake...
...reading this..."the morning dew is a source of freshness and renewal...quietness and stillness bring the dew...quietly lingering in the Masters presence."
...serving in his class during Bible Study and watching his excitement for God's word...
...catching Will in this moment...
...reading this book over and over to Will...
...writing group with a group of women that I feel so blessed to be in community with...
...that horseback riding lessons were not cancelled this week...it was a moment in time that was healing for all of us...
...Josh and Blue...
...Micaiah's stadium...
...hours on a Sunday afternoon catching up with some friends about everything under the sun...
...the older women that stops at our table as we are talking and says "It's nice to see women getting together and having a fun time...keep doing it!"
...friends where the conversation always runs deep and leaves me a better person on the other end of our time together...
...a 1 mile run without knee pain after months of patellar tendonitis...
...His reminder to press in and hold onto Him who knows the plan that he holds for our family...
...a Ravens superbowl win...(yes, I am a Steelers fan but they weren't playing)...
...an icy day where we had no plans and could stay in all day...
...healthy dinners planned for the next few nights...
...my husband's resolve for health...
...a morning walk with a friend...
...a quiet morning to read before the kids awake...
...reading this..."the morning dew is a source of freshness and renewal...quietness and stillness bring the dew...quietly lingering in the Masters presence."
...serving in his class during Bible Study and watching his excitement for God's word...
...catching Will in this moment...
...reading this book over and over to Will...
...writing group with a group of women that I feel so blessed to be in community with...
...that horseback riding lessons were not cancelled this week...it was a moment in time that was healing for all of us...
...Josh and Blue...
...boys in an open field...
...taking in sunset as he rides up over the hill on Blue...
...a day visit from Popster...
...clean closets...
...finding this note from Kels from 1997 when I was homesick my first summer in PT school here in Baltimore...
...Micaiah's stadium...
...hours on a Sunday afternoon catching up with some friends about everything under the sun...
...the older women that stops at our table as we are talking and says "It's nice to see women getting together and having a fun time...keep doing it!"
...friends where the conversation always runs deep and leaves me a better person on the other end of our time together...
...a 1 mile run without knee pain after months of patellar tendonitis...
...my husbands patient understanding of difficult days and questions...
...hearing these words in a song...
"Every breath brings a chance for redemption If somehow we could wake up" Need to Breathe
...His wisdom on a few things that we had been praying about... ...hearing these words in a song...
"Every breath brings a chance for redemption If somehow we could wake up" Need to Breathe
...His reminder to press in and hold onto Him who knows the plan that he holds for our family...
...a Ravens superbowl win...(yes, I am a Steelers fan but they weren't playing)...
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