TIME PASSES.
GETS AWAY FROM US.
WORK. CHURCH. WORKOUT. PLAY.
MAKE.MAKE.MAKE.
ALL WONDERFUL - ALL BEING DOCUMENTED AT MY INSTAGRAM
AND MY FACEBOOK. (IT IS JUST SO DANGED EASY)
BUT I AM TAKING TIME TO STOP AND ENJOY THE HAWKS THAT LIVE NEAR ME.
BIG GUYS WHO THINK THEY OWN THE WHOLE PLACE.
AND SINCE GOD TAKES CARE OF THEM, I GUESS THEY DO.
I LOVE THE STRENGTH AND GRACE THEY HAVE IN THE SKY.
THE WATCHFULNESS AND PATIENCE THEY REPRESENT.
THE WAY THEY WEATHER THE STORMS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PERSONAL MESSAGE THAT SEEING THEM GIVES ME.
LIKE A REQUESTED SIGN THAT GOD IS THERE WITH ME.
I'M GLAD I HAVE THEM NEAR ME.
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE QUIET.
WORKING.
PONDERING.
RELAXING.
WORKING ON ME.
AND THINGS.
RARELY COMPLETELY STILL
BUT IN A PEACEFUL PLACE IN MY HEAD.
WANTING TO KNOW THAT WHEN I DIE - PEOPLE WILL MISS ME.
YOU KNOW - THAT MY BEING GONE WILL LEAVE A VOID SOMEWHERE.
AND YET KNOWING THAT LIFE WILL GO ON WITHOUT ME.
I SURE HOPE MY GIRLS WILL THINK OF ME WITH EVERY SUNRISE AND EVERY SUNSET.
AND WHEN EVER THEY SEE A HAWK CIRCLE ABOVE THEM
I CONTINUE MY PHOTOGRAPHY.
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, RIGHT?
IT'S SO REWARDING TO SEE THE IMAGES COME UP ON MY BIG SCREEN AND IT BE THAT MOMENT CAPTURED.
I FEEL THE TEMPERATURE.
THE HUMIDITY.
HEAR THE TRAFFIC FROM THAT MOMENT.
SCENTS. MOOD.
THE STONE FACED LADY ABOVE, I HAVE TAKEN HER PHOTO IN BRIGHT SUN.
CLOUD COVER.
90 DEGREE TEMPS
30 DEGREE TEMPS
SHE NEVER CHANGES HER EXPRESSION
BUT EACH PHOTO BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK TO THE MOMENT IT IS CAPTURED.
LOVE IT.
IN ADDITION TO SKYLINE SUNRISE AND SUNSET PHOTOS, I AM DRAWN TO SILHOUETTE SHOTS OF COMMON ITEMS.
NOT SURE WHY, BUT THESE ARE BECOMING SOME OF MY FAVORITE IMAGES.
MY MOM LOVES THEM TOO.
AND SPEAKING OF MY MOM ----
THE PHOTO ABOVE MAY BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
YEARS AGO, ON JULY 4TH WEEKEND, MY FAMILY TRAVELLED TO THE MOUNTAINS.
BECAUSE MY DAD PROMISED US GIRLS.
I LEARNED TO SPELL "NO" ON THAT TRIP.
WE COULD NOT FIND A PLACE TO STAY. AND EVERYONE WAS TIRED AND FRUSTRATED.
WE ENDED UP STAYING AT A PLACE THAT EVEN MAMA COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS.
ONLY THE NAME OF IT.
SO - I BOUGHT A NEW CAR THIS PAST AUGUST.
AND ON A RAINY SATURDAY, I TOOK MY MAMA ON A ROAD TRIP.
WE LAUGHED - WE THRIFTED - JUNKED - ATE. - EVEN FOUND A YARN STORE.
NEAR THERE ----
AS WE PASSED PISGAH VIEW CHURCH
SHE SAID "HOW DID YOU FIND IT?"
MY QUESTION BACK
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GUYS FIND IT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?
IT WAS DRIZZLY AND COOL THAT DAY, BUT AS WE CROSSED THE LITTLE FOOTBRIDGE OVER THE CREEK, THE MEMORIES I THOUGHT MIGHT JUST BE CREATED IN MY MIND FROM THE STORIES, PROVED TO BE TRUE.
DETAILS FILLED IN.
WE WANDERED THE GROUNDS OF PISGAH VIEW RANCH, REMEMBERING.
I SNAPPED THAT PHOTO.
LOCKING THAT MEMORY INTO MY BRAIN (AND CAMERA)
A FABULOUS DAY FOR TAKING THAT NEW CAR ON A ROADTRIP.
I AM SO GLAD I TOOK THE TIME.
I DON'T HAVE TO PONDER --- EVERY SUNRISE, EVERY SUNSET, EVERY CROCHET STITCH, EVERY VINTAGE DISH, EACH TIME I PULL THAT QUILT UP ACROSS MY SHOULDER, YES EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND THOUSANDS MORE WILL CAUSE ME TO REFLECT ON HOW MUCH I LOVE MY MAMA.
I'LL BE BACK SOON ---
REMEMBER ----
LIFE IS CRAZY BEAUTIFUL
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