photo by jeremy a.. gallery at brookgreen, 7/08
jeremy just gave me the best gift: his photo library!!
(meaning pics from the summer including trips to huntington, brookgreen gardens and NY when we went to visit my family)...
it's getting late and i need to get some rest, but my mind is still kind of reeling and i felt the need to write...
i picked this picture because i like her.. somehow i identify with this little sculpture girl.. a little girl in a big world.. small and insignificant in many ways, but despite the smallness and seemingly insignificance, there's importance and urgency and meaning and purpose all around and even within her.. (for my little pet statue the meaning and purpose came from her formation -her artist, and actually, i guess we have that in common too)...
the world seems awful big some days... i long to press on and savor the moments and find the good -in people and moments and the world in general.. (i'd like to capture it with a camera too if possible :)..
i hope to make a difference, an impact, and leave things -any things- better than i found them..
...still praying for dad. he's been pretty productive since receiving the news.. tying up odds and ends and pushing unfinished projects like it's the fourth quarter.. wise i guess, but terribly sad.
hopefully we have more time than the doctors dare report.. hopefully we get the blessing of this urgency -and remembering what's important and spending time and appreciating each moment-- preparing to let go, but then not actually have to for years to come..
i get selfish when i think of letting go of dad.. he's been a rock and a sweet father. he's been a dad i can turn to and call on and look up to and follow. he's taught me how to love abundantly, even when it hurts, and to give generously, and to be thankful...
