Week 7 Theme: CLOSE UP
Monthly Archive: February 2012
Feb 23
After a While
A friend gave me this poem a long time ago and I haven’t seen it in years, but it’s one of my favorites. After a While After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t always mean …
Feb 22
Week 6: Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Photo Project
Week 6 Theme: UNDERNEATH Ok, so this week’s photo posting is a little late, but poor Christine was sick “underneath” the covers all week and I just totally forgot about the project because Brian’s mom was in town and we were out and about doing all kinds of fun stuff. Evidently, I found a photo …
Feb 21
Ch-Ch-Ch Changes
Wow, this is the first time I’ve opened my laptop in five days. It was a good weekend. It’s so nice to totally unplug every now and then. I’ve been crossing things off my Hawaii Bucket List left, right and center lately. I have just over one week left in Hawaii, before I move back …
Feb 14
Love Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today I choose to celebrate all the beautiful love in my life. I choose to celebrate MY heart – my gigantic, bold, bleeding, happy, sad, caring, courageous, adventurous, messy, passionate, ALIVE heart. I choose to let it fill me up and make me smile. I choose to make myself my favorite pancakes for …
Feb 14
Mt. Olomana Three Peaks Hike
Hiking the three peaks of Mt. Olomana has been on my Hawaii Bucket List for a long time and I finally conquered it! I have to say, it ranks up there with Ka’au Crater as one of my favorite hikes on Oahu. I didn’t know much about the hike aside from the general word on …
Feb 09
Gratitude Soup
Do you ever have those days where you focus entirely too much on what’s missing in your life? I think we all do. I am 100% guilty as charged more than ever lately. Last night I was out running, most likely pondering something that’s missing, and then rapper T.I said these words into my earbuds: …
Feb 08
Burn to Shine
“…I do not intend to get dramatic, but life is about feeling and emotion…Love, laughter, and joy, as well as pain, longing and sorrow, are all part of the ride. Without the latter, you cannot truly appreciate the former, cannot come to understand just how much you truly care…I’m experiencing and growing, and with this …
Feb 03
Three Little Birds
The other day was my three year anniversary in Hawaii. Every year at this time I read the journal entry I wrote on the plane on the way here. I’m not sure why, maybe to remind myself that I bravely took a risk and a leap into the unknown, or maybe to reflect on all …