Happy New Year’s Eve!

 

I have been away too long from this….my life has gotten croweded with “stuff”…..so, as we approach the new year, I am reminded of what is important to me, reflecting on what really matters….family, friends,  love….real life. I want to love unconditionally, without abandon, as if it is my last day….to not worry, to not think so far ahead that it doesn’t allow me to enjoy today and trust God with my tomorrows…..to do all I can in my strength, live life to the fullest….make a difference……  LIVE….LOVE….LAUGH!

HAPPY 2009!!!

To Love and be Loved..con’t.

The elements of love…..

I liked this section….Knowledge….Love without knowledge is a sentiment without depth.

To know me is to love me….or to know me is not to love me…..  read on.

“Which one of us does not sequester a shadow of shame that makes us fear that “to know me is not to love me”? “If someone were to see me as I am,” you may think, “with all my faults, brokenness, conceits, weaknesses, needs, feelings of worthlessness, and grandiosity, they would turn aside in disgust. Therefore I hide. Half of my life takes place in some closet or other, safe from the prying eyes of others.”

“but wholehearted intimacy can develop only where two people are equally forthcoming and self-revelatory. To take the risk of loving, we must become vulnerable enough to test the radical proposition that knowledge of another and self-revelation will ultimately increase rather than decrease love.  It is an awe-ful risk.”

Easy to say, hard to do…..but to get to that point, where nothing is hidden, and you know you are loved unconditionally …..wow….. is it possible with human love?  I guess knowing that God’s love is this way, and we are made in the image of God, it must be possible…..

Scripture Cards – 1st in Series

A few years ago I started as part of my photography collection a grouping of scriptures that were somehow special to me, and had very intentional photos in my mind that they needed to be paired up with…so I spent about a year hunting down the right photo opportunity to align with certain scriptures from the Bible.  I have about 7 or so now, but have more in my head, but have had to set it aside temporarily…..but I would like to share the ones I have printed…I will publish one a week, on Sundays, as a small gift to God, for his unfailing love to me.

 

 

This photo was taken from on top of the hill around the corner from where I used to live in Colorado Springs. We have the most gorgeous sunrises and sunsets….this is a sunrise….mid-september at about 6:00-6:30 am…..absolutely breathtaking to me!

Photo Friday – HATS

 Photo Friday category:  Hats

 

So, this was my idea…and I didn’t get to do much with it….but my kids and I just recently went to the local Renessaince Festival and we all purchased “hats” of some sort….so here are our fun hats from a fun day.

 

 

 

 

 My daughter & I

 

 

My Son

My Other Son (his twin)

 

 Check out the other participants:

Curious State of Affairs

Tall Chick’s

Iveystory’s

Melanie’s

CuriousC’s

Lou’s

Photo Friday – Numbers & Names

 This week is:  Names & Numbers

Photo Friday!!

A couple weeks ago, I went to Aspen for a couple days to visit my cousin…..we went on a wonderful hike up Mt. Sopris.  It started out as fairly easy, open terrain, incredible views…then we went through this fairy-like forrest of aspens, where I got this week’s photo.  Onward up the mountain, we entered a darker part of the forrest where we found more pine trees than aspens and the whole smell and feel of the hike changed.  Towards the end, we came to narrow trails deep in the mountain, which were wonderful, until the mosquitos and deer flies found us.   So, we headed back down, before making it to the top, which was 11 miles, so I guess that’s okay, I wasn’t prepared for a 11 mile hike!  I took probably 100 photos on that hike.  But this week, I will share the ones from the aspen forrest, as it is appropriate to this week’s theme.

Enjoy!

 

 For me, this is a mixed emotion of carving on the trees….I know it is harmful to the trees (or at least I think it is, I don’t know…these tree are still alive and some of the dates are pretty old) but it is also a neat type of “graffiti”…..sorry if I offend anybody with these…..

You can view other participants entries at:

Curious State of Affairs

blahblahblog-in abstantia (Julie’s Cousin)

Curious C

Spatula Handle

Love

When there’s been so much love and happiness with someone, it is natural to be reluctant to close such a wonderful chapter in our lives, for moving forward is rarely accomplished without considerable grief and sadness, and while our sorrow may be profound, the clouds will clear and the sun will shine on us again, and in that warm, bright light, we will find ourselves facing a glorious future, a future of exciting challenges, and infinite possibility, in which the horizon will stretch out before us, written in the heavenly glow of the sunrise of our tomorrow.

 

 

Wish I could say I wrote the words above, they came from a silly romantic movie, The Prince & Me…..watched it the other night, and this was the final quote from the movie…..it moved me….and had to rewind 5 or 6 times so I could copy it down…..does anyone know if this is a quote from somewhere besides the movie?

Photo Friday – Self Portrait

I had it all thought out…..how I would do it…..but my life is so crazy, I haven’t had time….can I ask for a REDO????? a rain check?????? I look foward to seeing everyone else’s and to doing mine, but I won’t have it by tomorroow…………I’m soooo sorry!

 

Love you guys!

Julie

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