The Meditations of My Heart

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to let you all know about the first photography collection that I am working on. It's called "65 Days of Gratefulness" and it's intended to make me think about the positive side of life everyday through the dreary months of winter. You can see them on my Facebook Page or my Flickr Set. Hope you all enjoy :)

This is our back yard on Saturday afternoon. I couldn't believe how BLUE the sky was after such a miserable storm. This has minimal post-processing, only a few minor adjustments to correct the white balance. Oh my my my! I have has enough of the snow! In Spanish today, we were learning about nature... the Spanish term for "storm" is "la tormenta", and boy, I can understand why! The school district we live in has been cancelled ALL week so far because they don't have power. We went for 27 hours without it and it was bad, but now we are hearing about our friends who didn't have it for four days! Its absolutely crazzzzzzy! This is the house across the street from us at 11 pm Friday night. I couldn't believe how light it was outside... it looked like it was morning. We all have cabin fever SO SO bad! Some of my friends were complaining about how bad it is to be stuck in the house with their one other sibling... I couldn't help but to think, ...

Wow. I can't believe that I have made it on the earth for 18 years! I remember when I was little I used to be SO afraid of dying young and not get to experience life. I'm not sure where the fear stemmed from, but I think it was a natural thing. It was probably because I was unsure of whether I would go to Heaven or Hell, and Hell was a really scary place for a little girl (and a big girl for that matter). It was a deeply rooted anxiousness that I found myself thinking about all the time late at night when I was supposed to be going to sleep. I would get so worked up thinking about it that I would start crying. Looking back on it, I realize that it was because I didn't trust God with my future. It wasn't until just recently that I made the comparison between then and now. I am sure of my salvation, so I'm not afraid of dying, but I am scared of my future because I can't see the road around this bend. For all I know, it could be a plush meadow or it could ...