This girl… Her energy level is crazy. Or maybe I’m just getting old. She had me follow her and her friends to the park Saturday to take pictures. {Girls these days love taking their pictures!} And I was glad to do it… Glad to spend time with them, Seeing their interactions, listening to their words,...
Great shots!! 
That last shot is so fun!
I love the work you’re doing for the girls.
That’s so crazy and so fun!
Great pictures
I love listening to my daughter and her friends, they have the most hilarious conversations
Mollyxxx
I love the last one. It has a fun composition. I love that you were willing to follow them and take pictures.
…awesome swing photos!…love the upside down one!…
Amazing captures!
Wonderful action shots. The last one is so fun.
Great photos! I especially love the last one!
There are few things in life that I am truly confident about. But this is one thing that I am sure of: Pearls For Girls needed to be. And all along the path to getting here, pieces fell into place easily and circumstantially, to the point that I am sure this project was God-driven. Our...
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Totally going to the blog AND FB to check it out. You’re preaching to the choir here. I have a 15 year old girl and self-esteem isn’t a DAILY struggle….it’s a moment to moment struggle.
this is so exciting friend!! what a ministry! our girls need this. they need to know they are enough. a boyfriend, popular status, facebook friends etc…will never fill that void, that hole…that only HE can. praying you and your mission will be wide spread and the difference will be felt greatly!!!
I think self-esteem is something every girl struggles with even into adult-hood. Even though now being 50 and not really caring what others think I still at times struggle with that to be honest. I love the being older and wiser and not so concerned with others view of me and for the most part I’m comfortable in my own skin. But then there are days when I struggle to see the weight as I was once quite small. But I was proud of myself for finally dawning a bathing suit at the beach two years ago! I think my love of the beach and the water finally won over the fear!
You inspire me! xo
Okay, one more thing….I love every photo, so beautiful!
What a great event for such an important cause! The pictures of the church are just stunning!
This post is so close to my heart, I am 43 and still have feelings of that middle school girl. Unsure of myself, unfortunately I know I have missed out on some great things because I didn’t feel like I was good enough to participate. As an adult those feelings have subsided, but still come, every once in a while. It is so important for adult women to realize the impact they can have on the younger generation. I believe that PFG can help them realize their self worth and that they can do anything and be anyone they want to be, it will help them to love themselves for who they are and what they can do.
Thank you Patty for letting me be involved, it means so much to me.
Patty the work that you are doing with these ladies in Pearls For Girls is so valuable and I am certain Spirit driven. The images of the church you took are so amazing. One of my dear friends from Morristown was married in that church when Emma-Caroline was just six months old. We brought her to the wedding and she oohed and awed over the beauty of the space she was in. It brings back special and happy memories for me. It also connects me in a way physically to your work that helps me to visual you and your community. I feel so drawn to what you all are doing for young women because I also work with young girls, but especially because I have two girls who are growing up it seems faster and faster each day. Thank you Patty and the ladies who are working with you for your intentionality in bringing this forward to help others and make a difference. You all are blessing others with your gifts and talents and desire to help young women and older women alike!
[...] They are committed to nurturing the tender hearts of girls, young and old. My friend Patty started the group after writing a 31 Days series on Nurturing Her Self-Esteem. I’m so proud of you, [...]
Do you know what your passion is? * I used to be an artist. I didn’t make money doing my art. Still, I was an artist.The passion to create is so strong and full inside of me, it’s crazy to think I could be anything else.But I did. And I moved forward, and I made...
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Oh yes! You are indeed an artist Patty! I’ve always thought that you had an artist’s soul in the way that you approach photography which of course is yet another art form in and of itself. Your mixed media artwork is amazing. You also are so gifted with words. What is very interesting to me is that your “responsible” path of being a physical therapists has given structure so to speak in how you aaproach your art in all forms be it mixed media, photography, prose in this stage of your life. It is rare that one is able to use their left and right sides of their brain with such efficiency one complimenting the other as you do. You are very gifted and I am so glad that you share your gifts so generously with others. Have a wonderful week!
I’m in awe. Seriously. Thank you for sharing this part of who you are. I’ve seen the artist in your photos, but had no idea how talented you are in all these other areas. You are an artist, friend.
There is so much truth in this post. I too ‘forgot’ about creating in the depths of Motherhood but I am glad it was only a temporary things and now I am back being an ‘artist’ but this time there will be no ‘forgetting’
Mollyxxx
No doubt! You ARE an artist. You inspire others through your art every day!
WOW! Patty! This is a wonderful post. I am glad you found yourself again! These are beautiful pieces. Artists are certainly some of my favorite kind of people in the world. Who doesn’t love people that make life more sensational.
Those are gorgeous! So happy that you have found yourself, it’s so important! Thanks for sharing these with us!
You are so very talented. Gosh…love your work.
Blessings…♥
oh Patty. you and i are so very similar, aren’t we? kindred spirits, i think. love this art. love the way it colors you happy 
can’t wait for the surprise!
My senior in HS is
an artist, and we are
encouraging her to
spread her wings and
fly right into it! She
plans to major in
Digital Art and Animation.
Still waiting to hear
from one college.
I think you should
answer your heart’s
call and keep creating,
Patty! Always and always.
xo Suzanne
Winter sunsets here are beautiful. * Winter is my favorite. It seems the most real. Bare, raw, exposed, nature at her most severe. And still, there is beauty. {There is always beauty in the real.} Beauty standing tall and stark and upright. Uncompromising. Unhidden. Asymmetrical and imperfect. Authentic. Broken. And still, there is beauty. Beauty...
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Gorgeous sunset.
breathtaking!
I feel the same way!! Gorgeous shot, Patty!
I hear ya. I really do. But I have to say I love fall and spring. I don’t like too many extremes Gorgeous sunset!
How could this not bring a smile to anyone’s face!
Beautiful shot. Lovely sunset well captured.
Paul.
ahh… i love this: “there is always beauty in the real.” amen, sister.
What a lovely sunset photo!I love the poem, too. While winter is not my favorite season, its contrast to spring makes me appreciate the newness of nature. Thank you for your invitation to the 1440 linkup. Sounds great!
Patty, I’ve had the same
thoughts…..even wrote a
post a few years ago that
I titled “Good Bones,” based
on the maple tree in our
front yard : ) I compared
“her” bones to those of us
who are aging…..and the
beauty that can be found
in the full-flush of leaves
as well as the bare branches.
I know YOU get it.
Lovely pictures to go with
your lovely words.
Have a beautiful day!
xo Suzanne
So beautifully put…and captured!
She wasn’t even a year old and her dad had been gone half her life. He was in Bosnia, peace-keeping for the world, living on a post surrounded by land mines, fixing broken and saving lives.I scooped her up, a lethargic fire-ball on her first birthday. But the invitations had been sent, and her stuffed...
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What a beautiful post! Happy 14th to her!!
He sounds like a wonderful Daddy! : )
Deeply touching!
A beautifully written post. Your words are very true; part of the reason we fostered and adopted our twins. <3 Love is the biggest gift of all.
This hits home. Thank you
Yep! I cried a little. Thanks!!
Oh Patty, this was heart-tugging, and inspirational – thank you for sharing!! And Happy Birthday to your beautiful girl!
God has really anointed you, my dear friend… I am so grateful for you, and the way you are speaking LIFE into this generation of daughters. Love you. e.
Such a well written and moving post – even more powerful to me this the 20th birthday of my baby girl who is over 14 hours away at college. Happy Birthday to your daughter.
This completely choked me up. Beautiful words & photography. Thank you for your visit & wonderful comment on my blog. It made my day!
I love everything about this post, Patty.
A 31 Days Series on Nurturing Her Self-Esteem
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