August 31st

Things I am thankful for:

Fabulous tip sorting time at work!

Story telling and laughter.. 
Fast service at the State Vehicle Registration Office

A long, luxurious coffee shop visit with Blakee

Wisdom and insight with Pop

Yummy homemade dinner; grilled fish!

Spontaneous visit with Zach-! The weather was perrrfect.

Goodbye hugs from Win.. Clem PEEING on him! and then baby girl kicking him in the FACE! ...she knows best.

Phone calls from friends in distant lands

Affectionate Clementine

My writers block is goneeee!!! at least for now.

A peace, all afternoon.

Feeling confident loving on baby.

Silly legalistic christians.. today, i’m laughing at you. You miss everything that’s important!

Singing lullabies to little bun in the oven.

and.. sleeeeeeep!

... i need more.

i could insert one hundred beautifully posed words

right {here}

.. instead i choose one:

courage

God grant me some.

cour⋅age

  [kur-ij, kuhr-]  Show IPA

–noun

1.	the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery.

2.	Obsolete. the heart as the source of emotion.

—Idiom

3.	have the courage of one's convictions, to act in accordance with one's beliefs, esp. in spite of criticism.

the scenery here is... lovely.

pictures soon.

"yes, go. i do not wish you back again."

night time comes, and little miss is kicking harder than ever!

who needs sleep when there's a full blown circus in your tummy?

shalom!

a photo shooooot.

here are some of the photos from blake and i's shoot last night..

clementine.

i love her.

People are often 

unreasonable and self-centered.

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, 

people may accuse you of alterior motives.

Be kind anyway.

If you are honest,

people may cheat on you.

Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness,

people may be jealous.

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today

may be forgotten tomorrow.

Do good anyway. 

Give the world the best you have,

and it may never be enough.

Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end,

it is between you and God.

It never was between you and them anyway.

- Mother Teresa