The End of the Year

It's the last day of 2012,

 

and I'm going to go against the

 grain of this blog for this post.

 

No pictures.

 

Just words

 to

create the image

of my gratefulness

that I want to express to each of you.

 

 

To my clients...

thank you for entrusting me with your sessions.

I've walked away from each shoot

with the feeling of friendships made,

and with a

sense of satisfaction

that comes with the

 magic of capturing memories forever after.

You have made my year wonderful!

 

 

To my friends...

thank you for your support and help

and for all of the shared laughter we've had.

You've made the endeavor of my business fun!

The memories we've made in 2012,

I will treasure forever.

You have truly enriched my life this past year!

 

 

To my family...

my heart overflows,

my eyes tear up,

and

a smile spreads across my face

as I think of each of you!

Thank you for your wonderful words of encouragement

and for enabling me to fulfill my dream.

I love the fact that you fall

into all the categories of my life...

family, friends, "clients"

(thanks for being my guinea pigs!)

You truly complete me!

And you have made this past year

memorable in so many ways!

 

 

Clients, Friends, Family...

my life is made more beautiful because of you!

and know that

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on..."

Hal Borland

 

 

 I look forward to

 "going on" with each of you

as we cross over the threshold into 2013,

and

may you experience God's

peace and blessings

as we enter our New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Fringe Benefit

One of the fringe benefits of

long term military life

is this...

when you move from
one duty station to another,

reunions happen!
 

 

 

I'm glad to say that

over the past 13 years,

we've had the privilege of being stationed with this

lovely family

 

 

 

in three different duty stations...

 

  covering 2 different hemispheres,

experiencing different cultures together,

and forming a bond that comes with military life!

 

 

We've been in beautiful Germany...

 

 

 

 

 

...exotic Hawaii 

and now the foothills of the Ozarks.

 

 

This benefit brings with it

a real sense of community

as you say "Oh my Gosh!"

over the growth of each other's children...

 

 

 

...and you reminisce

and reconnect

and relate

with each other

over all of the shared experiences

that military life brings.

 

 

~~

Scott and June,

 

 

 

I want to say

it's a pleasure serving with you

and

having our paths cross so often!

Seeing your children grow

over these years has brought

joy and a feeling of "family" to me...

 

a fringe benefit for sure!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Anticipation Fulfilled

 

Anticipating

 an

event in life

is quite pleasurable.

 

 

 

 

This act of

 looking forward

to something

brings with it feelings of

joy

 

 

 

and

excitement!

 

 

 

 

And when that event

involves the arrival of a

 new member

 of the family...

 

 

 

...that feeling of anticipation

is

 off . the. charts!

 

~~~

 

Now,

let's talk about the

moment in time

 when

anticipation transforms into reality...

 

 

It is a moment of

hope

 fulfilled...

 

 

 

 

...pure happiness...

 

 

 

...wonder...

 

 

 

...and awe!

 

 

 

Fulfillment

is joined hand-in-hand

with

contentment...

 

 

 

and brings with it

total bliss

 

 

and the reality of

a wish

 coming to pass!

 

 

~~~

 

Congratulations,

Tasha and Roland,

on your wonderful bundle of joy!

And, thank you,

for allowing me along on this

ride of anticipation!