A Thr33D Life
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Happy Mother's Day
Friday, April 1, 2011
Brilliant and . . . exuberant . . .
One might surmise that Jace is complacent, reticent. But no, he is a convivial child, articulate with an enchanting grin; and will compel even the most austere to laughter.
He is highly self motivated: Jace once told me that he spent his recess working on upper body strength, he was in the first grade at the time.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
I am in awe of this man!!
DJ has the most heartwrenching sob that I have ever heard out of a young man. He has only come to me a handful of times since Jack was killed. Each time, I felt it to the very depths of my soul. I have not kept count of the times that I have heard him in the night sobbing into his pillow, nor the times that I have seen traces of tears on his face after he has escaped to be alone for a brief respite.
DJ is strong, both physically and morally. He has been pushing himself to his physical limits this past year and it shows. His Uncle Jack would have been impressed by his "guns" as am I, and equally impressive are the goals that he has set and surpassed to become what he is. His moral strength, in maintaining authentic friendships, is far more consequential, as was the paper that he recently wrote on bullying, which brought me to tears.
IF.....
IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!' If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
by Rudyard Kipling
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Easter House 2010
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- a Christian. God has blessed me repeatedly throughout life. I am a daughter. The product of two wonderful people, whom I desire to emulate as a Christian and as a parent. I am a mother. I have three brilliant, intelligent, amazing, handsome boys. I am a sister. I have four siblings. Abe, Amber, Abi, and Jack. My siblings are some of my best friends and my role models. I am a sister in law. AJ is Jack's widow, and part of the reason he is my role model. I am a photographer. I am inspired by those around me, my family, my children, my friends, and you!!