Day 1
It is the beginning of 2015 and like
I did in 2010, I am choosing to add beauty daily
and intentionally. 2014 was good in
many ways, and I began this project that is so important to me, recording the
voices of original mothers, women who lost babies to
adoption. This is emotionally difficult
work; doing it keeps you submerged in the trauma
and the
sadness that so many women carry with them. It has brought
my sadness to a new level, and it has freed me. It is freeing to know you are not the
only one.
But I need to balance that sadness. I am by
nature an optimistic person and I have learned over the
years that it is healthy to feel your true feelings and it
is healthy
to feel the
entire spectrum of feelings . So this
new 365 Day project will be that intentional balance. I’m excited to focus on the
beauty around me at a time when balance is necessary for
all of us on this planet. It is not an
easy time.
Today I went back to the duck pond
at GCC. In 2010 there
were a lot of duck pond photos, so it felt natural to start there. When Emma was younger we went there if we
were bored or sad. It is a tradition I don’t
think I need to let o of just because she is now a teenager.
I will post a picture of the day and the
picture I posted 5 years ago. Sometimes
my commentary will be reflective life narrative, and sometimes it will be an
update of the
original mother project. I hope you
follow me this year and if you feel like it, please always feel free to
comment.
Here is to a great
new year.
(it ate my comment. i have a love/hate thing with blogs. i shall try again)
ReplyDeletelovely post, Lindy, ducks and text - thank you. i have, myself, longed to do a 365 but always sputtered and flooded. perhaps this shall be my year, inspired by you.
wishing you brightness and depth in15.
warm greetings from the left coast, lori B (www.photoLo.us)
Lori, nice to hear from the left coast!!!! Thanks for checking in and I hope we can blab about blogs at some point. Yours, Lindy
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