bad blog mom - Reverb 11 - 19, 20, & 21

ooooh my goodness I'm such a bad Blog Mommy. Lets see what the prompts have been

Day 19 - Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who shot it, where, and what it best reveals about you.


[of course it has to be something to make me work....]

I chose this picture because I think its me at my most honest. We took a day trip to NYC in September and went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and I took sooo many pictures. I wanted to take everything home with me in some form. So here I am, gathering up as much beauty and inspiration and knowledge as I can. :)

Day 20 - Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year?


My family all live very far away from me and I miss them very much. I was using Skype to talk to my little sister quite recently and my oldest niece was running around all willy nilly, as [almost] 3 year-olds are prone to do. Just seeing her in action and listening to her speak her jibberish at me, and having her blow me kisses through the web cam was pretty amazingly joyful. I <3 my der der and my dude.

Day 21 - Describe a defining moment or series of events that has affected your life this year.


I am afraid of everything. This year, however, I had the opportunity to step outside of my comfort zone so many times and I really feel like it has made me into a stronger, and less fearful, person. One of those "defining" moments for me was the day I let my boyfriend take me out on his motorcycle. I have spent my entire life fearing motorcycles. I know too many people who have been hurt or killed on those damn things... and the way I see people driving them sometimes, weaving through traffic at 95mph, it makes my heart jump. But I trust my boyfriend, and he's pretty passionate about his motorcycle, so as a birthday surprise I told him I'd let him take me out one day. I didn't promise I'd stay on very long, but I tried as hard as I could. Having no idea what to expect, and feeling like I had absolutely no control over the situation, it didn't take long for me to ask him to turn around and head back, but at least I tried. I have every intention of trying again too. I even still have the borrowed helmet so that when the weather warms up we can get out there and try to scare me into my senses again. :D

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