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Spring Valley Country Club

Simply Put

Beautiful Tree (SOOC)

A part of me misses that tree.  The hard part about it is that even if I went back to where that tree is rooted, it won’t be the same.  As a wife dealing with this separation is tougher than I could ever imagine.  I’m working full-time, part-time not to mention the job of mommy.  Needless to say, I’m exhausted.  I’ve relocated back home and tried to resume some sort of normalcy; however, it’s more work than I anticipated.

This is the tree where we walked as a family (the three of us).  This is where we’d go to get fresh air and bond knowing that this time of separation was near.  Simply put, separations are terrible.  I’m truly counting the days.

Bridal Portraits

Touching Base

This actually has been a busy wedding season.  I am honored to have photographed 3 weddings this summer and more to come.  However, I’m finding that handling a rapidly growing toddler with energy to spare, my regular job, the photography business, church volunteer responsibilities, our home, and (oh yeah) being a wife, I’m swamped.  This is truly a far cry from last year this time, so while I’m pooped…I’m so thankful.  The process of being a military wife has taken me through various stages of the grief process.  I used to long for home and how life ‘used to be.’ Now I’m fully in the acceptance stage and I’m happy where we are.  The strange thing is that I know this is temporary and I plan to be happy wherever we go from here.  Determining to be ‘content but not complacent’ (borrowed from this week’s sermon at church) is key to being happy wherever I am.  This arrangement may not be all that I had hoped it would be, but it’s a far cry from what it could be.  Overall, making the decision to be happy and have joy has helped the tone in our home.  Because I’m happier, my husband is happier, and that makes me happy (see the cycle here?)  So I leave you with a product of one of my exercises that I have been doing.  This wasn’t’ taken with my macro lens, but I still really like it.

Riverfront Park & NCO Club

The Springdale House