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I am very happily married for 19 years + 3 {I like to add the +3 because they count, too, don't they?}. He and I are best friends, and we have 3 children who you will meet and get to know well here.
I have a master's degree in physical therapy and now teach fitness classes {it was the only way I knew to get my tush to the gym on a consistent basis}. True! It is through this past and this present that I have realized that I enjoy teaching, and helping others feel better. It has also taught me that balance is the key to everything in life, including fitness and good health.
My love of photography continues to grow. It feeds my desire to blog, which in turn, feeds my desire to shoot more. Sigh. This is the thing, isn't it?
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Mar 01 2012

The Gift of Clarity

Are you doing what you are supposed to be doing?
Do you know your gift?

My friends and I have been talking about how important it is for us to help our children find their gifts. It’s important for their self-esteem, but it is also important so that they might know the joys of doing something they love and were meant to do.

I’m not sure I know what my own gift is {yet}, except maybe that I know my heart. I can see it as clearly as one sees after the rain… When there is no more fog, not even a breeze, and the colors are saturated and every thing seems so crisp and three dimensional. It sits there, down deep, in the raw, no hardness to protect it, no psychology to mask it. And while it is sometimes a burden, I know, too, it is truly a gift.

Mine, I suppose, is the gift of clarity.

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{All photos were taken with my iphone and edited in Camera+.}

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Tanya - March 1, 2012 - 1:53 pm

and i think your gift is also photography! beautiful images….hmmmm i don’t know what mine is yet!

Abi - March 1, 2012 - 2:15 pm

the iphone is so much fun, isn’t it? You use it so well! I especially love the contrast and color of the power lines. As far as gifts, I agree that’s it’s important to help our children see their strengths and weaknesses so that they can grow into discerning adults… would you say that gifts are different from strengths?

Anne Payne - March 1, 2012 - 4:41 pm

extraordinary photos!

Teresa - March 1, 2012 - 5:05 pm

I certainly think photography is one of your gifts. Great pictures.

JP - March 1, 2012 - 5:05 pm

Awesome pictures and having clarity really brings purpose to a life!…:)JP

Tatjana Parkacheva - March 1, 2012 - 5:23 pm

Very nice photos, especially I like the second one.

Regards and best wishes

Sherri B. - March 1, 2012 - 6:02 pm

I’d add two more gifts: photography and writing. Beautiful post and images! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts along with your gorgeous photos. I love the telephone pole picture the most. Isn’t camera+ awesome?