Shades of Friendship and Family

“There is a road from the eye to heart

that does not go through the intellect.”

G. K. Chesterton

(My daughter, Grace, and friends in friend Melissa's face.)

A true friend can see the part 

inside of you others can't.

The best part of that internal vision?

They appreciate the intimate glimpse into your heart,

and will cherish and cultivate the treasures

and bind and heal the brokenness.

(My husband mirrored in my eyes.)

The longer you are married,

the more you are the mirrored reflection of the other person.

Your hearts, minds and souls combine in a beautiful unity

of companionship, purpose and love.

Make sure you marry someone

you want to end up

looking like,

talking like,

acting like,

and thinking like.

(Beka, the baby of the family, loves her Mommy and Daddy.)

Right now Beka is convinced she will live with us forever.

Being our daughter is the most important role

in her life right now.

She can't imagine being anything else.

She doesn't understand yet,

that we'll always be her parents,

even though other significant relationships will enter her heart.

We'll just move into her peripheral vision.

(Son, Jon, keeping his eyes on sisters and parents.)

I know he will grow up, go to college, get a job,

maybe have his own family,

even though he swears he will NEVER marry.

But, as he ventures out in the

ocean of uncertaintly and adventure,

we'll always be on the shore,

a small, bright beacon of light,

beckoning slowly and steadily,

in case he needs a course correction.

No matter where they go,

what they do,

or who they are with,

I will always have my eye on them....

reflected through through the lens of my camera.





(reprinted from 3-2010)