I can't help it. I'm in love with this picture. I don't usually love pictures of me, but this one is artsy and silly and perfect.
I had my laptop open on the kitchen counter as I was making dinner in the evening. I was reading comments and listening to music and blog-hopping and stirring soup. Then the sun came out, and there was my reflection overlapping my page.
In so many ways, this photo is the perfect glimpse of how I see myself these days. I don't get out much... I'm a total homebody. Its mostly just me and the kids and errands and housework and evenings with Daddy and... you.
I don't really know what it is about me that makes me enjoy writing this blog so much, but this online journal has become an inseperable part of how I think each and every
day. You give me fuel and inspiration to keep taking pictures, to keep
noticing the details that make up my life. I find myself getting excited
about telling the story of my life in snapshots, for my benefit, as a record for my kids to read when they are grown and I am gone, and as a link to the outside world.
It makes me really
happy that you keep coming back to see what I'm up to, what we are up to. I have a widget that tells me how many of you are stopping in on a daily basis, and I am humbled to know that you are out there living life and taking the time to visit... hopefully finding encouragement and inspiration in the photos I take and the words I write.
9 comments:
I love that photo! And now when I read your blog I will think of you sitting at your computer looking just like that!
Really a pretty picture! I wonder, does your widget count those of us who reade via Google Reader? If not, I'd bet your number is higher than you think!
Mary in MN
Sounds like a good life to me! Getting out every day in the world is not it is cracked up to be. I am also a homebody and find energy, ideas, creative part of me like no where else.
I do enjoy my visits to your blog. Have a wonderful day,
Michelle in
California
I'm very much like you and since being homebound as a caregiver for so many years, just can't seem to change even though I am now able to go out. Beautiful photo but I can't figure out how it was taken since I see no reflection of the camera! I guess I have no imagination.
Beautiful self-portrait.
Bobbi
Marly... Yes, it was a bit tricky to take, but I took it left handed, with my camera off to the side, and while I was looking out the window!
I never miss your posts on my Google Reader, so count me too! :)
What a great picture - and - how very well worded... love this post!!!
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