somehow she did it...

i don't like photos of myself.

there.

it's that simple. i said it.

so

i do pretty much anything to stay on "my side" of the camera

the side i feel safe on. the side where i feel like me. the side that truly makes me smile.

the side that's my classroom where i still learn something new everyday.

i opened my mail yesterday

from deb

and

the sideways photo of me below

jumped onto my screen

~

i didn't like it. not really. well maybe a tiny bit since it was me.

and since i don't hate me. just photos of me. i took a deep breath.

~

deb said

"here, go ahead and play. do that magic that you do"

so i did

~

i played and i played and i played

like a child with a new box of crayons

and

guess what

~

i pretty much love the photos above. i do. i really do.

~

thank you deb for seeing the me i don't often see

it's your thoughts and your spirit

and your creativity and your flare

and your heart and your sparkle

and your passion and your loves

and your courage that make up

the incredible mix of who you are...

why oh why

do we let others tell us

what our mix should be?!

~terri st. cloud~

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and

then she sent me this quote

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how lucky am i to have a friend like her

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