Life is uncertain.
While we wake up each morning we can't help but feel overwhelmed. Between bills, work, our family, errands and just life itself can feel like so much weight on our shoulders. You can't help but wonder what God's plans are for us. Between the stress and hard times life can feel like you have fallen into a deep pit. I have always wondered myself why I am who I am today and why I am where I am. My plan and God's plan are two different things I am sure. I have caught myself sitting back and just watching my girls giggle and play. I sit back and admire their sweet faces and tears fill my eyes. How can I be worthy to have such precious children. These beautiful little beings that look up to me, who watch my every move and count on me. Its so hard not to thank the Lord. Life is too precious and not long enough.
When I started taking pictures of my children it was a just because, why not. It went from grabbing my camera when I can remember to not leaving the house without it. It may have been intrusive in some situations to be bringing the camera out but these are the moments that can never be replayed, revisited or redone. These beautiful little lives are growing. They will become young adults, then to moving out then off to having families of their own.
While grabbing the camera every time we left home I did not realize the importance it would have on me. Photography helped lead the way to realizing how precious time is and I now look back and see all of those wonderful moments that we have had and no matter how old they get, those memories are mine to keep, even if I lose those images. I can only fathom what I will be feeling and looking back on when I get the opportunity to photograph our feature grandchildren.
Carrying around my camera with me is an obsession... an obsession I cant see ever giving up. These 3 little ladies I have in my care are gifts from the one and only and it would be a shame to not document their growth, their sweet faces, their personalities and most of all, their lives. The bills, work, errands and lives struggles will always be there but our children will not. They were given to us and not by accident.
God was paving my future when I was at my most awful moments in life and I had not one clue. Not one clue what he had in store for me. He laid the path for me to be who I am today. What a blessing to it's for me to have these precious lives in my hands. I just can't wrap my mind around!
God is pretty amazing.
God is great.
I get to be with my children full time and the love that grew for taking photos of them, that then grew to a passion of photography. My children is why I started taking photos and my children is what lead me to loving the camera. My children are why I push to better myself and photography. Silly how things work out. I don't know what tomorrow holds, none of us do but I don't want time get by without taking time out for family. God has plans for me and I am sure there is more to life that he will teach me.
I smile now because I was told so many horrible things and at times I felt like the world had ended.... but all I see are blessings. Beautiful God given blessings!! How can you resist that? How could I not smile? How could I be resentful to those hateful people when what I have in front of me is a beautiful family and the blessings and love from our creator...
Just makes you want to jump for joy, to grab them up and kiss them till they start yelling that I am smothering them.
While we wake up each morning we can't help but feel overwhelmed. Between bills, work, our family, errands and just life itself can feel like so much weight on our shoulders. You can't help but wonder what God's plans are for us. Between the stress and hard times life can feel like you have fallen into a deep pit. I have always wondered myself why I am who I am today and why I am where I am. My plan and God's plan are two different things I am sure. I have caught myself sitting back and just watching my girls giggle and play. I sit back and admire their sweet faces and tears fill my eyes. How can I be worthy to have such precious children. These beautiful little beings that look up to me, who watch my every move and count on me. Its so hard not to thank the Lord. Life is too precious and not long enough.
When I started taking pictures of my children it was a just because, why not. It went from grabbing my camera when I can remember to not leaving the house without it. It may have been intrusive in some situations to be bringing the camera out but these are the moments that can never be replayed, revisited or redone. These beautiful little lives are growing. They will become young adults, then to moving out then off to having families of their own.
While grabbing the camera every time we left home I did not realize the importance it would have on me. Photography helped lead the way to realizing how precious time is and I now look back and see all of those wonderful moments that we have had and no matter how old they get, those memories are mine to keep, even if I lose those images. I can only fathom what I will be feeling and looking back on when I get the opportunity to photograph our feature grandchildren.
Carrying around my camera with me is an obsession... an obsession I cant see ever giving up. These 3 little ladies I have in my care are gifts from the one and only and it would be a shame to not document their growth, their sweet faces, their personalities and most of all, their lives. The bills, work, errands and lives struggles will always be there but our children will not. They were given to us and not by accident.
God was paving my future when I was at my most awful moments in life and I had not one clue. Not one clue what he had in store for me. He laid the path for me to be who I am today. What a blessing to it's for me to have these precious lives in my hands. I just can't wrap my mind around!
God is pretty amazing.
God is great.
I get to be with my children full time and the love that grew for taking photos of them, that then grew to a passion of photography. My children is why I started taking photos and my children is what lead me to loving the camera. My children are why I push to better myself and photography. Silly how things work out. I don't know what tomorrow holds, none of us do but I don't want time get by without taking time out for family. God has plans for me and I am sure there is more to life that he will teach me.
I smile now because I was told so many horrible things and at times I felt like the world had ended.... but all I see are blessings. Beautiful God given blessings!! How can you resist that? How could I not smile? How could I be resentful to those hateful people when what I have in front of me is a beautiful family and the blessings and love from our creator...
Just makes you want to jump for joy, to grab them up and kiss them till they start yelling that I am smothering them.