The theme for January is Personal History. If you click on the title to this post you can read about it in more detail. This photo was taken tonight. I got out a box of old photos while Tootie was getting dressed for bed. She picked this one up and started running around the house. I grabbed my camera and chased her. I took about 30 dud photos but was happy with this one. It describes much.
She is my daughter. A daughter a pined for and dreamed about for almost 13 years. This photo she happened to grab is one we used in our adoption dossier. It was taken a little over 3 years ago at my parents house. My grandmother in whom Tootie is named after is also in the photo. She passed away a year ago this month. She was 92? I think. I remember her being so excited for us. Well, about as excited one can get being a stoic German but excited none the less. She herself went childless for 11 years. The exact amount of time I did. Odd. When I said goodbye to her on this visit she told me she may not see me again. I reminded her that she needed to meet her future great granddaughter. She immediately perked up and said "Yes. Yes I do. I want to see that baby of yours." And she did.
Little did I know at that time what my daughter would be like and how my life would change. It's nothing that I imagined it to be and everything at the same time. The me in that photo was exactly that. Me. All me. It was all about what *I* wanted. What *I* imagined *my* child to be. Thank God she is who He created her to be and she couldn't be any more perfect. A loving, jumping, giggling, smartypants of a girl.
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What a great idea for the theme. I was having trouble coming up with something. I love the way you blurred everything but the photo, and that it was from your dossier. Too cool. Past and future. Great.
What a beautiful post. It makes me want to cry for happiness for you. You have a gorgeous daughter, and your photo and writing capture a tremendous story.
I have been reading some great posts tonight by people that participated in this project. I think the theme for this month is my favorite so far. I love the contrast of the sharp still photo against the fuzziness of the part of the composition that represents your life now--the action--the movement--the living--the life. NIce.
I enjoyed this project. I think the results are better since the photos needed to be planned out a little beforehand.
What Tracie said is true. The picture Tootie's holding is an ideal image but not the living moving messiness of real life.
This is just so cool. Love this photo.
What a beautiful post.
This is beautiful. You've inspired me, S... thank you.
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