November 7, 2011

6 of 30 (Gratitude Project)

Waiting for mass to start and we were both bored. I looked around at the architecture (we were not in our church so there were new things to observe) and whispered to my husband, “Do you think it’d be okay if I did some Instagrams while we’re waiting?” He scowled a proper Catholic scowl and said, “You need to find something to keep yourself amused that isn’t so obvious!” He looked away, Zoe and I looked at each other, and out came the iPhone. We used the front camera and held it down in our lap so no one could see. An unintended bonus was the flare we caught off the spotlights high above. I’m pretty sure we gave ourselves away after we started making funny faces and cracking ourselves up, which is when I got the sharp elbow from hubby. That only made us laugh harder.

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

November 1, 2011

Here we go…

Friday night, while watching Game 7 of the World Series at M’s grandma’s, I checked my phone for messages. There was an e-mail from our architect. With attachments. My heart started pounding…here were the first drafts of our new home’s layout. I downloaded the PDFs and waited for them to load, then tried to read house plans for an approximately 2,500 sq ft residence on an iPhone screen. After I got a general idea, I silently handed the phone to M, who looked at me quizzically before squinting at the screen himself. “Oh!” His face lit up and we beamed at each other.

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

October 24, 2011

Post-Camp Post: an attempt

I’ve had a few people email me and ask about Camp Shutter Sisters, and those I’ve met in person have all asked. So maybe it’s about time I try to put my feelings into words about this experience. Which is hard because the feelings run deep and strong, and I find myself at a loss for words (which is very, very rare for me).

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

October 18, 2011

Sweet Darkness

When your eyes are tired
the world is tired also.


When your vision has gone
no part of the world can find you.


Time to go into the dark
where the night has eyes
to recognize its own.


There you can be sure
you are not beyond love.


The dark will be your womb
tonight.


The night will give you a horizon
further than you can see.


You must learn one thing,
the world was made to be free in.


Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.


Sometimes it takes darkness and
the sweet confinement of your
aloneness to learn


anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive


is too small for you.


-David Whyte from “The House of Belonging”

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

October 18, 2011

First full day of Camp

Today was so full, and so incredible, that it will take me a long time to process it and share it.  Or maybe I will never share it.  Not all of it, anyway.  Some things are just meant to be taken in, digested, and then tucked away in the heart forever.

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

October 16, 2011

Waiting to leave STL

It’s a photography trip, so we’re all documenting our journey to meet. It’s awesome to think of all these like-minded women coming together. So very cool.

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •

October 16, 2011

Why it’s so hard to leave

I’m not sure which one of us was more upset at the airport. I couldn’t help but think, “What the f*ck am I doing?!”
I told her that when she gets older, she’ll go with me on trips like this. I can only hope she’ll still want to.

∼ Continue Reading ∼

• • •
1 … 122 123 124 125 126 … 282