Happy Mother's Day

Mother's day is a beautiful day where we honor any type of mother figure in our lives. It may not be biological or even adoptive. It could be a foster mom, a grandmother who takes care of you, a friends mother who took you in, or even a single father who has to take over the role of mother and father. Any way you look at it today is a spectacular day to honor those "moms" who love and care for us unconditionally.

Today we recognize all the wonderful things that mother's do. The love that they give and the happiness that they share and make us feel. I love my mom with all my heart and I cherish her for every single thing that she does for me. We fight, cry, laugh, love and live together and it is every single part of her that I love and I wouldn't have her any other way.

Here's a tribute to mother's and them doing what they do best by my favorite photographer.

And here is the photographer/mother herself and her beautiful family:

I absolutely love this photographer. I have mentioned her before and she is a friend of mine, but her work and the way she portrays family and everything she shoots is so amazing to me. It makes me want to do so much more with my photography when I get the resources. She inspires me :) If you want more of this wonderful photographer you can visit her site and blog at http://www.jodified.com/

I wish that I had pictures of my wonderful mother doing what she does best but due to me being away at college I haven't been able to get those. However, she is a wonderful person and you will all just have to take my word for it :)

So I would just like to say thank you to all you wonderful mother's for everything!

P.S. For those who care and read my post yesterday I am feeling much better thanks to a long talk with my mom. I just thought I would let you know :)

Complications

Why does life have to be so complicated? Some say that it doesn't have to be, but to me, the complication is inevitable. It cant be avoided. No matter what you do in life or where you go or who you spend it with, there will always be complications. They are found in figuring out what to do in life, or where you want to do it, or finding someone to spend it with. No matter what there is complication. Its what you do with that complication, though, that makes you who you are.

For me, complication is an everyday thing, and I don't particularly like the way I handle it. I cry whenever I am alone. My life is so incredibly complicated I cant even explain it. I have such a hard time feeling happy lately and I don't know what to do about it. I cry all the time and I can't figure out why. I have lived with most of these complications my entire life but its here and now where I find myself having the hardest time with them. Maybe its because I no longer have to be strong in front of my siblings or my parents and pretend that nothing is wrong with me. I have so much more alone time being away from my family, and because I don't have to hide my feelings as much as I did before, because I didn't want anyone to know, they are all coming in an abundance now.

My sad feelings are all overwhelming me and it doesn't help that I am really stressed out right now. I have to decide where I want to go to school next year. Both choices could either be wonderful and amazing or terrible and I could regret my decision. I have to make that huge decision soon and I have never been more afraid of regret. That may be because I have made a really stupid decision recently that I really regret. Regret is the worst feeling in the world and I am so terrified of regretting something else. I never want to have to ask myself the question "why" again.

But, like I said, its how you deal with all these complications that makes you who you are. Even though I know my friends will read this and ask me to tell them what's bothering me, or let me know that I can always talk to them, I don't think I will tell them. Of course I already know they are there for me, and its not because I don't love them or trust them, but this is how I deal with my complications. Sometimes I cant help but get upset in front of them and I do tell them things, its just that all my life I have worked so hard to hide all of my real feelings for various reasons, maybe that's a bad thing, but its all I know. It's who I am.

So why am I posting my feelings on the Internet where anyone can see? Honestly, I have no idea.

The best things in life

I was dog sitting for a friend recently and took her for a little walk in the beautifully strange little town of Ashland Oregon. I brought my camera with me as I was walking and I thought I would share a few of the photos that I took: there's the pretty puppy :)And there's the beautifully strange little town... or at least a brief glimpse of it, I didn't walk very far... haha. But as I was walking, just me and Ollie (the dog), admiring the beautiful day I spent outside just to myself and my thoughts, all I could think was the saying "the best things in life are..." and there it was!:
This wonderful little sign popped up, as we were strolling down the street, in front an adorable little house. When I saw it I kind of yelled "PERFECT!" to Ollie, then giggled to myself... haha. "The best things in life are free" and I really believe that. I had such a wonderful day just enjoying the sun, with a little company but not too much. Life gets so hectic sometimes being a college student and playing sports that I hardly have time to myself. It was so wonderful being able to just go for a walk with someone who cant talk... haha. I saw beautiful things and relaxed for a bit. Even if it's for a short while I think it is so important to just have time to yourself. It's important to get away from your friends for a little while, even though they are loved very much, and the stresses of homework, sports, worrying about not having enough time to finish things, or whatever. It's great to just go out and have an hour to just be alone. So minus the part where I had to pick up Ollie's poop, it was a such a great day for me. So I suggest that you take some time to yourself doing whatever makes you happy :)

"Girls are like apples on trees"

"Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree.The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they are afraidof falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree."

Well, this quote may seem lame to a lot of people, but to me it hits pretty close to home. As I have grown up I start to think a lot about the future. I think about what kind of job I will have, where I will live, and if I will have a family. That's the part that scares me the most. I want to be married to someone I love and loves me back someday. That's every girl's hope, I think. But I'm afraid that the right guy wont be brave enough to climb to the top of the tree for me. I start to think that maybe there is something wrong with me. But then I started to think more about it and I have realized that someday it will all happen for me. When the time is right I will find someone who thinks Im amazing, someone to spend the rest of my life with and be happy with. And even though I dont think those fears will easily subside, I just have to remember to be patient and eventually someone will climb the tree for me :)

Just Imagine...

Watch This Video!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBlWxHDZYw

This video is so amazing to me. The way the artist can turn something as dull and boring as sand into beautiful works of art in a matter of seconds is extraordinary. As I was watching I sat there waiting in suspense to see what amazing scene she was going to create next. It always turned out to be even more incredible than I expected. I sat there wishing that I could do something or create something as wonderful and artistic as that and as the end of the video came the words "just imagine" were written. I thought well maybe I can create something great. It may not be as artistically aesthetic as what she did but it would be great in my eyes because I created it from my heart and mind. So I thought I would show a couple of things that I created:

Hahaha... like I said... they are not as aesthetically pleasing but I created them and I am proud of what I accomplished. Art comes in so many different ways, shapes, and sizes and is considered beautiful by different kinds of people. But there is always that one similarity and and starting point to any kind of art: your imagination :)

I love it :)

5 Bloggers I Admire

I have a love for photography and the way family is portrayed through the lense of that artist. There are 5 special bloggers that I identify with and love their work.

1) A Mom and Her Camera: She is actually a friend of mine and a professional photographer. She specializes in family photos and I just fell in love with her work and her vision of family the first time I saw her photos. She is an extremely talented photographer who really relates to her viewers through her photos and the art she brings to them. Here are a few of her photos that I love:
If you want to look at more go to http://www.jodified.com/

2) My Little World: She is also a professional photographer and I just found her while looking around. I love some of her photos that she took of a newborn and the parents. I think they are beautiful and shows the love and happiness of this new joy. Here are some of those:

If you want to check out more go to http://www.emilys-little-world.blogspot.com/

3) More From the Mohr's: this is not a professional photographer or anything and actually they are friends of A Mom with a Camera, but I love this blog because it shows the little family being a happy one and loving every minute of it.

for more go to http://www.katiemohr.blogspot.com/

4) Scott Hayne Photography: Here is another photographer blogger who shows another version of a family, or should I say a family to be. I love the photos this photographer took of this newly engaged couple who are happy and ready to start their life together as a family.

for more go to http://www.scotthaynblog.com/

5) Bring the Rain: This is another blog about a regular family but I love it because the of the pictures, like all the others, but also I love that this family is a normal, beautiful family with a strong belief in God.

For More of Bring the Rain go to http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/