Thursday, July 19, 2012

a little update...


Oh, my Mom would've LOVED to have seen this pictures.  I've over and over again gone through the pictures, finding new ones that I love more than the last.  I can't get past this one, though.  It's just so perfect...  so sweet, so simple.  Ugh, I love it!
Many, many, many thanks (again) to my friend Jessica for shooting with me.  This image is hers, and I'm forever grateful that she captured it!!

The last few days I've had this overwhelming amount of gratitude in thinking about my Mom.  It's really incredible all the things that you realize you should've been thankful for...  the hours she spent doing laundry, the hundreds of pieces of fruit she cut up and peeled for us to eat, the sacrifices she made to save for us to go on vacation - she really was extraordinary.

I still don't like using past tense with my Mom.  It just sucks.  Every
time I talk about her, I have to think about being grammatically correct; I'm just constantly reminded she is gone.  

If she were here, I promise she'd cry at the picture above.  And the slideshow I put together of Bridgette and Chad:

4 comments:

H Campbell said...

My thoughts exactly about my mom! 9 years later I feel the same way. It's nice though to be reminded of the wonderful things about them. My only hope is that she knew how much I appreciated her and all the little things that don't seem so little now. :-) xoxo

H Campbell said...

This is exactly how I feel even 9 years later. My only hope is that she knew how much I appreciate her while she was here. All the little things don't seem quite so little anymore. I miss her terribly and know that you miss yours as well. xoxo

Beth Buckner said...

Love you and your art and your ability to express the true expressions of the moment... but, more than that .. I love you heart and wish I could make all the nightmare of our Sweet Briget being gone to disappear.

Bridgettes pictures are amazing! Well done!

Jessica said...

I wish I'd known your mom. In ways I feel like I do, because you live out the best of what you remember about her. That is such a beautiful thing.