the photo chick me . . . so you’re wondering why the heck I’m photo chick? It’s a stretch, I realize, but . . . here it comes . . . I like photos!
i like to take photos. i like to look at photos. i LOVE photos! there’s something totally awe-inspiring about catching one fleeting moment. one tiny little second. one tear. one laugh. one twinkle in the eye. one totally real, unscripted moment of pure joy. like i said. awe-inspiring.
this love affair with the shutter began so long ago that i can hardly remember. i was always the photographer in the family and ditto for today. what that really means is that there are NO pictures of me to be found. i’m not saying this is a problem for me. just a fact. so two years later when you wonder, "hey, we hardly ever see that photo chick." just know you probably never will.
While you won’t see me there, you can check out my work at my personal blog: www.heather.typepad.com
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the family me . . . just like you, i'm a wife, a mother, and about a thousand other hats I throw on and off like I'm in a mexican hat dance. the dance keeps me hopping, but i wouldn't change it for anything in the world.
i married my high school sweetheart (like since the 9th grade sweetheart. i know. crazy.) and then we waited for what my mother-in-law would surely tell you was forever before having our first child.
Now my little punkin' will turn two in less than a month and i'm a walking cliche . . . ."i can't believe he's already 2!"
two. the infamous age.
but he's so darn cute. i think I'll make it.
maybe.
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the professional me . . . the formerly overly ambitious me spent many years in the classroom. the results? a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in communication from Florida State University.
formerly a college public relations director and adjunct professor, i recently changed industries to join the engineering consulting field as a corporate communications manager.
and of course. the photography. a gig for sure, but done in my spare (as she chokes back a laugh) time.
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the real me . . . because of all of the above, and sometimes i'm sure in spite of all that business, i'm at at the core . . . most importantly, a child of God. the miracle of God's continued grace despite all of my failures. and questioning. and wondering. no matter what. still His daughter. still Loves me.
simply amazing.
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i love this . . . "Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what he is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of---throwing out a new wing here, putting an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come in and live in it Himself."
-C.S. Lewis