Layouts that make me smile

When life give you Lemons make lemonade REALLY who came up with that.

This is the story of a life that does not always go as planned but that is lived to the max. While my life may not seem normal to others it is the only life I know and I don't think I can live it in any other way. I try not to look at the dark side of life. I always try to see more than one side of an issue. I continue to try to live my life by these very simple rules. Try to change the things that are under your control, remember to always love people even if you disagree with what they do. Remember never ask of anyone something you are not willing to do, it makes for honesty in a relationship that some people don't always realize is important. Don't talk about others it brings negative energy into your life that you don't need. Live with passion and fight for what you believe but always allow room to agree to disagree with people that you love or respect.

While these rules are more common sense than rules, they are the principles that guide my life. My life has not been a gift that I take for granted one of the things that motivates my thinking is the responsability that come living a life that means something. I want my life to count in this planet we call earth. So I sit down and think thes thoughts and every once in a while I do an inventory of the things I am doing that are not in line with thes rules. I will be writing about that soon. For now lets just say that this week I am doing a lot of soul searching and most of it will have to do with my job. Send positive energy my way so I can make the right decision and that what I do will be a blessing not only for me but for those I teach. I am going to be sharing some of my recent layouts in my blog enjoy them they come from the deep love I have for my family. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers that read my blog. Love hugs and Peace for all Wanda

Photos always make me smile

I took these photos on Easter Saturday so many thoughts go through my mind but the main one is connections.Love is all that matters. Hugs Wanda

Easter family life and ispiration

So here I am trying to update my blog and trying to update my life. That is not an easy task. Life as always keeps throwing curve balls my way and I keep batting them the best I can. On March 30 I turned 48 and it was one of the best birthday's I have celebrated. I love my birthday so i used all the month to do a count down at school and the kids celebrated with me. I was a very happy woman that day. I enjoyed the sharing with my my kids and grand kids. I have three grand kids, Jimmy 9, Zion 19 months and little Jose Miguel almost 3 months old. this keeps me busy with all the scrapbooking I have to create. My photography as always keeps me busy with my family. I am wanting and salivating over a Cannon D50 I really need a new Camera but can't afford it unless my jewelery starts selling at a quicker pace my error has been not keeping an updated blog.

I am running two clubs at school scrapbooking/photography meets two days after school till six and on Saturdays from 10 to six, this keeps me busy. I also run debate theater on Tuesdays, which keeps me going going. Life is never boring for me. I have been creating lots hopefully I will share more later.

Easter Celebration

A little bit of this and a little bit of that!

My life is always a roller Coaster but love keeps me grounded!

Today I come to my blog with the full knowledge that I have neglected one of the things that kept me sane. I needed to find a focus for my spirit and writing has always been the place to go when I was not feeling safe. Then tragedy hits my family and the thing that kept me sane became the thing I feared the most. To sit down and write down my thoughts and strip my soul, became an unbearable proposition. I would sit on my computer and was paralyzed and not able to connect to all those people that have been my cyber friends for so many years, that saw me develop as an artist and that knew some of the struggles of my family. Now here I am feeling more at peace and being able to sit down a write and let the free flow of words be my salvation and my connection to humanity. I think that even if the fear of being out there and just saying what you feel, I can connect with just one person then my vulnerability becomes a strength. Life as always in our family is not boring and is always full of many things. Zion just turned a year old on September 10, and here is his one year Photos, I have hundreds more but these where the one that I wanted to post today. The talk to me and tell me that even though his life has been touched by tragedy the love that we all have for him has made him flourish and become this amazing human being that always makes me smile. Jimmy started Third grade this year and although his Autism some days makes school such a hard place for him, he manages to make lemonades out the lemons he has been dealt. I am constantly in awe of all the things I learn being around him. I think that what he brings into our life is this new way to look at the world imperfections become perfection, because after all who is really perfect, and who is to say that the way he perceives the world is really that strange. I love watching Jimmy with Zion, the way he has taken to being a big brother and how protective he is of Zion and how much he loves him. I watch Zion follow him around and wanting to be like his big brother and I am filled with this immense love that burst inside of me because after all that is what family is all about loving each other with no conditions put on that love. There are really no words in the world that can truly explain how I feel so sometimes it is easier to let the camera capture how I see the people I love and what they bring to me. It is through the camera that I can capture what I call the essence of my love for them. Hope that life is good to all of you and I promise to write more often and show you more of what I have been up to. To all my friends thank you for not giving up on me, as friends go you guys are golden, I don't think I can say the same for myself, I love you all and missed you. Hugs today and always Wanda