truly great friends are hard to find,
difficult to leave,
and impossible to forget.
- author unknown
being a military family, it's often it's hard to make local friends, especially friends that are non military...b/c they know we're most likely going to leave. and a truly great friend...yep, that's really hard to find--especially locally.
but, my dear friend leah...i actually think we may have been separated at birth. we don't look alike. but we sure think alike.
leah and i met on a photo sharing site b/c i saw a photo she posted of her house. i recognized it as an eichler and steve and i dream to one day live in an eichler home. shoot, we'd settle on an eichler wanna-be (modern) home. anyways, i emailed leah about her house and we chatted back and forth a bit. then we saw one another at a photography mixer a few weeks later but she had the twins, who were pretty young at the time, and we didn't get to talk much at all.
then...something brought us together, for dinner at her house. i can't remember what the specific occasion was (although i probably should) but we immediately bonded that day. and our relationship, our friendship, has just continued to grow. she gets me. and i get her. we live about 1 1/2 hours away so i don't get to see her as much as i'd like to but...i cherish every opportunity we do get to spend with one another.
last week, our families got together at leah's (i got to see peta too ;-). we hung out. ate. drank. shot. and laughed. a super fun night spent with family and friends.
thanks leah. for your friendship. for your support. for your trust. for your inspiration.
you are a friend that i will never, ever forget.
love ya pal!
here's some shots from our evening at leah's (her backyard is currently under a huge renovation but the kids didn't mind :-)
and this shot. a shot that i struggled with editing. why? b/c i look at it and it's not a perfect shot (in my eyes). and i'm a perfectionist. so then my mind battles itself and one side says to the other side, but look at the moment. remember how fun it was to see ben jump on the wall with that net on his face, as a mask...and all the little ones watching and giggling. remember? just edit the damn thing and screw your perfectionism for a moment. and so...the non-perfectionist side won. and i will always remember. and i will always love the shot...the moment...the memory.
difficult to leave,
and impossible to forget.
- author unknown
being a military family, it's often it's hard to make local friends, especially friends that are non military...b/c they know we're most likely going to leave. and a truly great friend...yep, that's really hard to find--especially locally.
but, my dear friend leah...i actually think we may have been separated at birth. we don't look alike. but we sure think alike.
leah and i met on a photo sharing site b/c i saw a photo she posted of her house. i recognized it as an eichler and steve and i dream to one day live in an eichler home. shoot, we'd settle on an eichler wanna-be (modern) home. anyways, i emailed leah about her house and we chatted back and forth a bit. then we saw one another at a photography mixer a few weeks later but she had the twins, who were pretty young at the time, and we didn't get to talk much at all.
then...something brought us together, for dinner at her house. i can't remember what the specific occasion was (although i probably should) but we immediately bonded that day. and our relationship, our friendship, has just continued to grow. she gets me. and i get her. we live about 1 1/2 hours away so i don't get to see her as much as i'd like to but...i cherish every opportunity we do get to spend with one another.
last week, our families got together at leah's (i got to see peta too ;-). we hung out. ate. drank. shot. and laughed. a super fun night spent with family and friends.
thanks leah. for your friendship. for your support. for your trust. for your inspiration.
you are a friend that i will never, ever forget.
love ya pal!
here's some shots from our evening at leah's (her backyard is currently under a huge renovation but the kids didn't mind :-)
and this shot. a shot that i struggled with editing. why? b/c i look at it and it's not a perfect shot (in my eyes). and i'm a perfectionist. so then my mind battles itself and one side says to the other side, but look at the moment. remember how fun it was to see ben jump on the wall with that net on his face, as a mask...and all the little ones watching and giggling. remember? just edit the damn thing and screw your perfectionism for a moment. and so...the non-perfectionist side won. and i will always remember. and i will always love the shot...the moment...the memory.
When I look at that last shot, I don't look at the technicalities- I see the moment, as you said, and you captured it. That's the most important thing. Thanks for sharing it : )
And yes, great friends are hard to find. I cherish mine.
The friendship poem is so fitting for me today. I just got back from Los Angeles (where I left almost two years ago) and spent time with one of my oldest and dearest friends. Great friends are truly hard to find and I've really struggled with finding friends here in Colorado, but am so grateful I still have my friends back home. I have been blessed to have some amazing women in my life.
I love the images, life in the moment.
Deb.. i am so glad you showed that last image.. i just love it.. it is so real and it is what photographs are all about.. capturing moments and memories!!
Friends are the best!