For the first 50 years of my life, my perfectionist self mistakenly believed it was all about knowing more, getting it right, planning, attempting to prevent bad things from happening, and keeping all of my chicks in a row. It took me this long to discover that the JOURNEY is all that matters. This quote from Gilda Radner sums it all up:

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.
"


Friday, October 11, 2013

I've Got Your Back


 While I love to take pictures of people's faces the best, sometimes my favorite photographs don't include faces at all.

Images taken from behind have a very different quality and can be quite powerful.  We can see what they are seeing and because of this, we can maybe feel what they are feeling.


This is Annie watching her brother and sister play outside at Grandma's house in Vermont.



Kerry is running after the seagulls on Cocoa Beach in Florida.


Adam and Kerry watching a Disney movie together while I was wishing they would fall asleep and take a nap.


 Tigger, enjoying the warm sun on a cold, snowy winter day.


 Annie looking out the back of the bus on the first day of school.


 And then in later years walking down the street to the bus stop.

 Annie is tired after playing in the sand on the beach at Lake George.


 Adam takes pictures of Lake Champlain with Kerry at his side.


 This is me and my dog, Jack, enjoying one of the outstanding Lake Champlain sunsets.

 Kerry watches a rodeo in Alaska with her cousin, Emily.


 Adam and Matthew looking at Lake George and the Adirondacks after hiking to Pilot's Knob.

Kerry walks on the roadside in Stowe with her cousins from Alaska, Emily and Mikey

Annie receives a warm hug from Zachary at the town green before prom.

Adam watches the sunset over Rome with his dad.

Annie, Kerry and Mikey frolic in the cold Pacific at Stinson Beach near San Francisco.

Annie walks into the sparkling waters of Lake George.

Kerry heads off to go trick-or-treating dressed as an old lady. 

Adam and Kerry holding hands as they walk through the leaves in Stowe, Vermont.

This a view that most parents love (blurred for privacy)!



 If there is any one secret of success, 
it lies in the ability
 to get the other person's point of view
 and see things 
from that person's angle
 as well as from your own. 
~ Henry Ford





















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