Dec
31
2006
Marcia
I think this is becoming a new hobby. I just love the way lights look taken at night with slower shutter speeds while riding, hands moving as the SUV hits another dip in the road. Photos like this remind me of life flying past — incidents blurred perhaps, but bright enough to remain imprinted in our minds.
Photos are like memories of our son growing up, many are as clear as if they had been taken with an extremely fast shutter speed, stopping the moment in all its detail. Other memories are as faded as photos taken through the mist on a cold morning. Some are like these streaks, I don’t remember details, but I still feel the glowing feelings that the moment brought.
Now a married adult and as far across the U.S. as he can be, bar two hours drive each direction. For some families this distance is perfectly normal, even healthy; for others it is completely unnatural, distressing. On our end of this, it is both for different reasons, but it was by choice and on most days, the choice still feels like the correct one. And on most days the memories are still clear or at least like these abstract photos of bright light, they bring color to our lives and bright colors bring smiles to our faces.
We are lucky. . . we still have chances to make more memories. . . Why not make one now while it is on your mind? I just did in the midst of this, I made a phone call, a silly one albeit, but a memory.
Dec
29
2006
Marcia
(Update! 122906 — Over 500 people left comments on Pass The Torch! $500 was donated to St. Judes Children’s Hospital by her corporate sponsor as agreed to. How awesome.)
Wow, surfing the blogs just turns up some great stuff. Pass the Torch has found a corporate sponsor to donate $1 for every comment up to 500 to St.Judes Children’s Research Hospital. Please consider stopping by and leaving a quick comment. A young man, Scotty, I met in Florida when he was in his twenties was greatly helped by them way back! His mother could not speak more highly of an organization. You only have a day or so more… over 270 comments already. . . I’d love to see it go to the 500 mark.
Pass the Torch link
Dec
29
2006
Marcia
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| 12/28/06 Thirteen Things about Marcia
2006 Firsts:
Thursday Thirteen (today)
Blogs (three)
Poetry class
Poetry group
Writing class
Writing group
Entered first poetry contest (we’ll see)
Saw more than one inch or so of snow (nine inches)
Snowman (with help)
Put out fire (only in C.E.R.T. class)
NaNoWriMo (still writing. . .)
Knitted animals (teddy bears and hedgehog)
Coffee with chickory (loved it)
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