From The Heart

Recently, in the midst of all the busyness, all the stress, all the chaos… I told my husband, “We’re going on a double date.”  His natural response was, “With who?”  My response threw him for a loop as I answered, “With ourselves.  Saturday I’m taking you on two dates… back to back.”  It was the kind of weekend we needed just for us away from everything and everyone else to just embrace one of our huge love languages… Quality Time. First, we dressed up.    I wore a fancy twirly skirt, he wore a bow tie.  Because sometimes, a bow…

I mean, how can I not clean up after him with this adorable face? So today was one of those days when half jokingly I looked up to God and said “Sure, I need more stress, bring it on!” Behind the scenes, we have a lot of going on… then on top of a lot going on, I sit down at our main desk this morning to discover, ohhhh, the computer stopped working.  And on top of the computer not working, our main harddrive with all our recent photo shoots stopped working.  During one of the busiest photography seasons for…

I’ve been thinking a lot about you recently.  Wondering where you’re visiting from?  Who you are?  What brought you to my blog?  Why you keep coming back? If you and I met for coffee, what we would have in common?  What we would talk about?  And what’s your special Starbucks order? (Venti Green Tea Latte at 140 degrees, please.) Would you mind answering a few of these questions for me in the comment section below?  I have a stat counter and see the visits to my blog… but I don’t want this to be a one-way conversation.  I want to…

I’m writing this blog entry from yet another airplane.  As I often look out at God’s majesty of His creation below, it amazes me how much I still let worry consume my life, and my spiritual walk with Him. Stephen and I recently had a powerful prayer moment in our living room praying for something specific, only to look up at the end of the prayer and see 3 doves in our backyard. We immediate gasped, “It’s a sign!” We just knew it had to be a sign. After all, doves were symbolic throughout the bible. And while they usually travel in pairs, to see…