The Rest of the Story
I was married at the age of sixteen, just after losing my dad to a heart attack. I became a mother at seventeen and again at 18. By the time I was 34 I was a grandmother, and I had been married for 18 years.
In 1999 (the year of the millennium countdown), I had two wonderful boys and one lovely granddaughter. They filled my life with love and joy. But I was dealing with depression and I had no sense of purpose to my life. My children had been my focus for so many years. They were both grown and never home. I suppose you could call it "empty nest syndrome".
My marriage was on the rocks and nothing I did seemed to improve it. I had always wanted to continue my education but had not been successful with this in the early nineties. My sons were young at that time. Studying, working and going to school, plus trying to keep a home going for my family was more than I could handle.
Two years later, I made the decision to leave my husband. We had both been unhappy for a long time. It was the toughest decision of my life.
I told you all this to explain one thing. Change almost always involves pain. You have to wrestle with decisions that affect other people. You have to decide if you can live with the consequences or if you can stay where you are and exist from day to day.
I would never have made it through any of those years if it had not been for my faith in God and the friends and loved ones that I had..I have a wonderful mother and brother and some marvelous friends.
Now, two years later after all the struggles and the pain and the self doubt. I think that I have found my notch in life. At least for now. I enjoy a challenge and I love learning. I have been going to school and have been taking time with a dear friend to go out and take pictures. Pictures of God's beautiful world.
We are surrounded by the wonders that He has created and to be able to capture just a small part of that on film and share it with someone else is a wonderful experience for me.
These are a few of my favorite photographs that we have taken, and I know that there are going to be many more in the future!!!
Click below to see a sample of the beauty around us and then visit our website for a lot more.
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