Well I missed posting for week 2 of my project 52 last week. : (  I knew that I would hit some bumps!  I guess the more you have going on, the more opportunity for something to go wrong.  I did take a picture, albeit not what I totally had in mind, but it worked.  I just couldn’t get it together last week.  This week has been a little tough too, but I’m starting to catch up.

So the theme last week was “Life”.   My mind flooded with thoughts of granduer…..lovely ideas for the perfect, polished, technically correct photo that just oozed the theme.  Much to my dismay, “life” really happened and I didn’t get the photo I had envisioned.  I did get something that was a little more realistic of what my life is like right now: a little kooky/crazy but full of joy!  I looked at the last-minute snap shot and thought to myself…”Isn’t this what I’m really doing this project for?  Isn’t it to remind me of my life as it is now, this year; to photograph all of the moments that I want to savor, no matter how unglamorous or plain or crazy?” I think I’m realizing that developing as a photographer will come in at a very close second to capturing the blessed moments of my life, whether they be a hill-top experience a valley or somewhere in between.

This Photo of Ellie is exactly how “Life” played out for me last week…a little kooky/crazy, but full of joy!!  It is not the best photo, I even had to use the on camera flash (which I loath!) but it works and it makes me smile when I look at it.  Hopefully, I will be posting for week 3 tomorrow (last minute!!)…until then , blessings!