Foto Friday: Week 6

This weeks' theme is Emotion.

I've been saving this picture for a couple weeks.
I've tried posting it several times but I couldn't ever hit 'publish.'

Nothing I wrote really embraced what I see...

It looks simple enough.
And if I had a wide angle lens, maybe you could see it too.

Right beyond the crop
I see five years of learning how to be a mom.
I see two pirates who fight so well, but can't go to sleep without the other.
I see three years of hand me downs,
And two children who think its great.

I see us...
clearing the dishes and letting them soak,
because the great outdoors were calling
and two pirates were itching to go.

I see love, and patience, and games, and listening, and books,
and dads, and grandparents, and uncles and aunts, and all the teeny tiny things that go
into making capable people
...Confident people.

I see two years of trying to make the world a pretty place...
and finally understanding it really is.

I see a community of people, and a neighborhood we've come to love.

I see two years of wishing I could leave...
and then having it come true-
only to realize I'm going to miss it.

We're moving again.
This time it's a big move... we're headed out west.
I'm excited... I'm happy... I'm thrilled to live close to family again.
But it hurts to leave so many people.

The trials, the challenges, the roaches...
oh the roaches... 
All of it has molded me into someone stronger.

A stronger woman
...A stronger wife.
...A stronger mother.

...Just thinking about it makes me emotional!


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