Gone

What is it like not having someone around? Well I figured out that the things I leave sitting around are still there when I come back in the room. The kids are asking where their dad is and all I can tell them is that he is in the desert. I got out in the yard yesterday and cut the grass. I think that is the first time I have cut grass in years, and I can't say how many. The clothes do not magically get put up. The dishes do not magically get put in the cabinets. I guess I have to learn a whole new routine. Got to get used to it.

Dad

This is my dad. He is the only parent I have left since my mom died in 2007. I am trying my level best to keep this man here as long as God will allow. He went to the doctor today and learned he has PAD. Thank God for Laura Honeycutt. If it were not for this woman that came into our lives and gave dad his smile back, I do not think dad would be here today. He really did not take my mother's death very well. She died a very sudden death of ovarian cancer. We miss her terribly.

Kids

Kids. Why do we have them? They hurt to have and then cause a lot of stress in your life. All the bad that kids can hand over is nothing compared to the joy of hugs and kisses and drawings that YOUR kids can give you. My son comes in, gives me a picture he has drawn of all of us in the car and tells me he drew it just for me. He said it was to show me how much fun he had with his family. My daughter just spontaneously will jump in my arms and give me the biggest hug. It just melts your heart and makes all the pain and stress very much worth it. My mother use to say, "I can't wait till you have kids and then you can get payback." Guess what Mom? I got payback and I just wish you were here to laugh at me. My son is excelling in school and we get wonderful reports on him from his teachers. We are so poud of him. Sara is finally opening up at her school and playing and dancing. I love to see her do this. We encourage talking to us about whatever is bothering them. I have learned that it helps a lot more to talk to them when they start to throw a tantrum rather than yell at them. They understand much better and that makes the stress of a tantrum much easier. I love and adore my children and am going to do everything in my power to make sure they stay the loving people they are.

Photography club meeting

I had a regular meeting of my photography club. A man by the name of Scott Ash was there showing his work. He is a Delta pilot and he travles internationally. He has some awesome shots that remind me of my own work. He mentioned that we should go back and look at our past photos and just examine them. The whole shot my not be as good as just part of the shot. I have already started doing that before this meeting and he is quite right.

My aunt in Nashville phoned me at 5am. Thanks for the wake up call Aunt Kitt. She informed me that her son, my cousin, and his wife had their second child. It was a little girl they named, I hope I have this right, Tallula Adeline. This gives them two beautiful little girls. Yall have fun. Congrats to them.

Introduction

I am an amatuer photographer right now but am going to school to become a professional. I attend The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Online Division. I was shocked to learn that they consider photography to be a science and not really an art. I am happily married to my husband Roy and we have 2 great kids. Nikolas, 5 and Sara, 2.