walking forward

I recently wrote this for a special friend--

There can only be one you

Glorious You

Founder of your dreams

Chaser of truth

Let the YOU be.

Let her shine

She has a poem in every word

A song in the hearts of
So many

Joyful you

through pain and sorrow

You lift up others

You raise yourself

Heights unknown you will travel

Gifts you will explore

Power in your heart

Fierce in all its clenched self-reflection.

Give to yourself

Give until it hurts.

Until you can't breathe any-
more+

Don't waste your glory

Your perfume of sweet sweet
Love ♥








listening to:: the AMAZING "500 Days of Summer" soundtrack, and this song is my fave

Wordless Wednesday

confessions

laying it all out here. to be accountable. mostly to myself. the truth is, i have just as much time as anyone. i have the talent. i have the opportunities. i can, and will be successful. whatever i deem successful to be. but i have been an observer for a long time. i think back, first it was myspace. then it was blog surfing. and then it was facebook. and now it's twitter AND facebook. and the truth is, i love observing. i think it's an important part of being a creative individual. but i also want to contribute and share. share being key. i have taken over 18,000 photos this past year alone. and have shared so very few of them. and i'm proud of my work, i'm proud of my growth. i'm proud of my subjects, for they have all shared so much with me. so...there's the truth. i have the time, just as anyone else does to follow their dreams. it's not about fitting it in. it's about changing what matters to you. it's about DOING ...

this is what i'm working on right NOW
my beautiful sister Sally and equally beautiful niece Taylor


and another of Tay...

out of the way

Here's a post. Just so I can get the not-posting out of the way. A fresh clean posting slate for tomorrow about all the posting that hasn't happened. See ya then =)