One of my spiritual teachers....

mother and daughter, originally uploaded by justynrebecca.

I adore this photo that Justyn magically captured yesterday.

Although K and I are having a plain ordinary conversation about whether she can ask G to come and work the bees later in the afternoon... doesn't it look more profound whisperings than that? It looks like she is whispering the secrets of the universe to me!

K has been a spiritual teacher to me, like I was never expecting. She has connected me to the Divine in ways that propel me forward into my life. She affirms my connection on a daily basis, by forcing me to use it! My second born has done this too of course, it's just that K was first.

: )

Thank You for this photo Justyn!

Inside this clay jug there are Canyons and Pine Mountains....

An empty nest we found!, originally uploaded by annamaren.

Inside this clay jug there are canyons and pine mountains,
and the maker of canyons and pine mountains!

All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars.
The acid that tests gold is there, and the one who judges jewels.

And the music from the strings no one touches,
and the source of all water.
If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth:
Friend, listen: the God whom I love is inside.
-Kabir- Robert Bly

He is Risen!

Easter Egg Dying in the dining nook, originally uploaded by annamaren.

Happy Easter Justyn!

Orthodox Easter was only one week off Western Easter this year.....

Now we are all Easter People.... celebrating resurrection and transformation within my own heart.... : )

Saying goodbye...

Gals in line at the Passport Agency!, originally uploaded by annamaren.

I took this photo today, the S. girls in line at a pretend "passport agency" we had set up for home schooling today.

B with her sweet vintage suitcase, Little Bird looking so sweet and full of enthusiasm. And me on the other side of the camera taking in the fact that this scene will be recreated in real life in only 2 months. Those sweet faces are taking off for another country, another continent! For at least a year....maybe longer!

Oh, how dear they are, and how they will be missed!

Love!

Love!, originally uploaded by annamaren.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (The Message)

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

Capture

Portrait session with Justyn : ), originally uploaded by annamaren.

The time I have with family feels so precious that I need to seal it in.
So I am thankful- deeply thankful to Justyn for providing some captured moments to seal the memory of the time I've shared with my family this Christmas.

Reflect::: Nourish:::

Happy Hearts.... and "goofy" faces,

the expected goofy shot, originally uploaded by annamaren.

Happy hearts and happy faces,
Happy play in grassy places -
That was how, in ancient ages,
Children grew to kings and sages.

~Robert Louis Stevenson