thank you & 3 winners

first of all, i want to thank you. 

there are days when i vacillate with whether i should share the darker places in my heart (thankfully they don't surface too often) or keep those things to myself.

personally, i value the friendships in my own life that are transparent. 

the ones that share their joys and victories

and

share their hurts and their struggles.

i'm a talker. that's how i process. 

& i need my friends.

i need others to help remind me of truth, encourage me, share a laugh, &even~ tell me to snap out of it.

so thank you for being a friend

& for standing beside me on a tough day.

 

often times when i'm in an anxious place,

art, especially in the form of journaling & photography are very therapeutic
(along with chips and salsa)

for me.

which is one reason that i can hardly wait to start jeanne's course in january.

speaking of which,

congratulations to the following winners~

#38 shannon

#20 kat

& #39 poteete.family

congratulations!

i will forward your names to jeanne!

madison has been quite the trooper lately,

whether helping me try out locations for photo sessions

or actually going with me as an assistant.

thank you sweet girl

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