if we're growing,
we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
- john maxwell
over the weekend, i was in venice beach. oh--my--gosh! that is an experience like no other. i became intrigued by this one man, standing proudly with a flag, and a sign at his feet, "food not bombs". he saw me take his picture. young lady, he said. and then he began his spiel. obviously, he was opposed to the war and bush. i immediately told him that we were a military family. he countered with a story about how he was a vietnam vet but got kicked out of the military for fighting. i continued with the fact that my husband takes apart bombs in the military and he said, good. he went on and on--all along, his dentures popping in and out. i couldn't help but giggle for a moment and then i thought...maybe this man is doing what he loves. standing proudly, for what he believes. i don't know. i wanted to believe him. but it was all a bit odd.
i wasn't sure about anything in venice beach, from the guys sitting there with their signs, will work for marijuana and need money for pot, to the hundreds of people selling trinkets. oh and i can't forget about the interesting folks, who were just part of the crowd. oh my! i also thought it was interesting how some of the folks there (including the will work for marijuana guys had no pictures written on their signs).
that was saturday.
today...today was 5th grade photos. usually i do photos of kiele's class for mother's day. not this year. i didn't have enough time to do the preschoolers and kiele's class. so i decided i would do my best to do end of the year photos and give them to the kids as graduation gifts. it's amazing to think that my little kiele is graduating from elementary and going into middle school. sometimes it scares me, how quickly time seems to pass these days. i can only hope that middle school will go as well for kiele, as elementary school did.
here, i told the kids to jump, to celebrate graduating from elementary school and...this is what i got. cracks me up.
it's been a crazy few weeks for me--between being a mom, my regular business work and lots of volunteer work lately--i'm a bit swamped. i'm trying my best to balance it all but some days are tougher than others. some day i'll figure it out. for the moment, i just wish i had more time in the day.
we're always going to be out of our comfort zone.
- john maxwell
over the weekend, i was in venice beach. oh--my--gosh! that is an experience like no other. i became intrigued by this one man, standing proudly with a flag, and a sign at his feet, "food not bombs". he saw me take his picture. young lady, he said. and then he began his spiel. obviously, he was opposed to the war and bush. i immediately told him that we were a military family. he countered with a story about how he was a vietnam vet but got kicked out of the military for fighting. i continued with the fact that my husband takes apart bombs in the military and he said, good. he went on and on--all along, his dentures popping in and out. i couldn't help but giggle for a moment and then i thought...maybe this man is doing what he loves. standing proudly, for what he believes. i don't know. i wanted to believe him. but it was all a bit odd.
i wasn't sure about anything in venice beach, from the guys sitting there with their signs, will work for marijuana and need money for pot, to the hundreds of people selling trinkets. oh and i can't forget about the interesting folks, who were just part of the crowd. oh my! i also thought it was interesting how some of the folks there (including the will work for marijuana guys had no pictures written on their signs).
that was saturday.
today...today was 5th grade photos. usually i do photos of kiele's class for mother's day. not this year. i didn't have enough time to do the preschoolers and kiele's class. so i decided i would do my best to do end of the year photos and give them to the kids as graduation gifts. it's amazing to think that my little kiele is graduating from elementary and going into middle school. sometimes it scares me, how quickly time seems to pass these days. i can only hope that middle school will go as well for kiele, as elementary school did.
here, i told the kids to jump, to celebrate graduating from elementary school and...this is what i got. cracks me up.
it's been a crazy few weeks for me--between being a mom, my regular business work and lots of volunteer work lately--i'm a bit swamped. i'm trying my best to balance it all but some days are tougher than others. some day i'll figure it out. for the moment, i just wish i had more time in the day.
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