October 2, 2012

• Giving

  “The quality of life does not consist in the great experiences we have, but in the depth of commitments we make. We find ourselves as we give ourselves away.”

   

  I’m very thankful to be alive these days. I had my first brush with death, I think, and although I wouldn’t mind going to Heaven…if I think about it deeply, I actually end up reeeally longing to just Go Home and be with Jesus and God and…I want to see my loved ones that are there already…but feeling like I kind of came face to face with the possibility of death has made me thankful for Life. Life is beautiful and hard and challenging and crazy and sad and horrible sometimes…but…it’s life. And I’m thankful to be able to LIVE it. I like living.

   

  

  I like sunsets like this while enjoying a picnic with my guy, for instance. Do you think it’s possible for Heaven to put this 

  kind of beauty to shame? I do. But I like that I’m not wasting sunsets…that I enjoy the ones granted me

   

  

  our picnic was awesome…if I do say so myself…

   

  

  I even made tiny little caramel apple pies…the top burnt (I forgot 

  about them of course) but once the crusty part was picked off, they

  were pretty awesome..;)

   

  

  We giggled (okay, I giggled and he chuckled) to a Wodehouse story…I love when my guy reads to me.

   

  

  this book on a bright beautiful day..(ignore the cover please:P)

   

  

  This is what my brush with death looks like.

  I crawled out that back window with only a tiny scratch on my leg

  and a bitten tongue from the jolting. God is amazing, huh? I’m pretty sure

  my guardian angels were all over that car protecting me from getting hurt. I

  feel kind of like a miracle. :’) 

  

  My “glad to be alive” face later on that day. (Isn’t my shirt awesome?;)

   

  

  the details

   

  

  white chocolate pumpkin lattes with my guy on

  our Richmond Day…:)

   

  

  we had Indian food for supper…and we ate outside..:)

   

  

  Naan…the best thing since sliced bread.

   

  

  My handsome boyfriend

   

  

  my grandparents had their 50th wedding anniversary and we had a lot of fun celebrating together

   

  

  The aunts decorated with fall themes, it was pretty cool. 

   

  

  I love my family

   

  

  We had the awesomest cheesy-est most mushroomy chicken ever…and that’s the only way to eat sweet potatoes.

   

  

  this is how Christopher and I bonded while everyone else played corn hole or vball

   

  

  I love my water bottle! And that it’s no longer humid enough

  to fog up my lens like this. 

   

  

  them

   

  

  trying out new recipes

   

  

  

  a daisy in September…and my new lens that actually captures it so well

   

  

  grapes for homemade grape juice 

   

  

   

   

  the perfection of a rose

   

  

  spiderwebs in the morning

   

  

  peace

   

  

  a mushroom village 

   

  

  bokeh

   

  

  us youth went camping and it was fun watching the couples Be Together

   

  

  *photo by Carmie (she borrowed my camera to experience my new lens a bit

   

  

  we helped out a lady with clean up around her house…it was fun

   

  

  the cabin we stayed at was wonderful…

   

  

  so many unique things about it…including this endearing pig.

   

  

  

  sky and water…so many moods…

   

  

  this one I took specifically for Anika

   

  

  ahhh…:)

   

  

  the wrinkle in that big grin

   

  

  looking at this when I drive…thanks, Kaye

   

  

  Us

   

  

  persistence in fishing…I’ll never be a good fisherwoman

   

  And that’s finally it! Have a lovely October, people…:)

   

  (I’m at 499 pics! Basically halfway to 1,000!:)

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