Lifetimes
They say you only get one life, but I’m not so sure. 🌻
In the last week, I have reviewed hundreds of thousands of photos from the past 36 years of my life and it is clear that I have lived many different lives within those years. And who knows what treasures will arise in the many that I have yet to live! I’ve been a sailor, a student, an artist, a photographer, a painter, a writer, an event organizer, a philanthropist, a model and a biker babe (lol). I’ve dabbled in most art mediums and I’ve ironically always been in sales of varying kinds, from food to window treatments to background checks. I’ve worked in carpet and home restoration services: cleaning, packaging and itemizing people’s entire lives into boxes while their homes were salvaged after floods and fires. I’ve done background checks and been an licensed insurance agent. I’ve photographed friends’ weddings and growing families, I’ve documented my own family through the years, all of us growing together and apart and back together again. I’ve lived with amazing friends and moved to other cities, tried new things and gone so many places. I’ve drank, smoked, partied and gotten sober. I’ve medicated, then meditated and found my own path to peace. I’ve gone from healthy to overweight and back again; I’ve lost myself and found myself a few times over. I’ve fallen fast, loved hard and struck out a time or two. I’ve made mistakes, I’ve grieved, I’ve struggled and I’ve fallen apart at the seams. I’ve also gathered the pieces back together and made myself whole again, ready to write the next story and be the next version of me. It’s been a wild ride and I’m excited for the next chapter. ❤
This really is turning in to quite the journey and a feat in itself, but I’m loving it! I spent 12+ hours on photo transfers, web layout, journal transfers and photo scans yesterday and somehow I’m still excited to wake up early and keep it up today and tomorrow. I do realize I’m going to require a break soon, before I burn myself out on it! I think I’m working so hard cause things are about to get busy this month and I’m trying to get as much done as I can now.
Alright, that’s it for this morning, I’ll catch ya on the flip side!
