When I was little, I used to pretend I was a horse. Or a wolf. Sometimes a tiger. Whatever suited my fancy. I was one of thooose girls. I didn't really play with dolls or put on lipstick and wear my mom's heels. Instead, I created elaborate stories in my head and played them out for hours, sometimes days, until the story was complete.

As I got older, I thought for a time that I wanted to be a writer. Instead of acting out the stories in my imagination, I tried to put them on paper. I would sit down and start these grand novels, only to begin another one after a few chapters in the first. I had every intention of finishing them. I just... never did. Apparently writing isn't my strong suit.

Then I found a camera. Jackpot. I found a way to stop time. To tell real stories. The kind of stories that should be remembered. Need to be remembered. Stories full of life and love that beg to be preserved and shared.

So I guess you could call me a story teller. A really, really ridiculously blessed and happily married story teller who can't cook but laughs a lot and has three dogs. I love my life.

And I'd love to tell your story : )

A Month in Instagrams

Happy Leap Day yesterday! Anyone do something really fun and exciting? No? Me either.

Unless you count finishing FebPhotoADay something really fun and exciting. Ha. For those who aren’t familiar, the PhotoADay challenge is a list that comes out each month for Instagram users. The list contains something to take a picture every day of that particular month. When I first heard about it in January, I thought Oh, that could be fun! It would almost be like being back in school and having a daily assignment! Yes, I seriously thought that. I realize this makes me really lame.

But, I decided to do it, with the goal of pushing myself to think outside of the box and try to create original pictures, not just the first thing that came to mind. (If you haven’t guessed by now, I was a bit of an over-acheiver in school… And yes, I realize this still makes me really lame.) Anyhow, yesterday was the last day of February. Thus the last day of FebPhotoADay. Now that it’s over, I remember why I was so glad to graduate and be done with school. Haha. But it’s still kind of cool to be able to go back and look at each picture, to remember each day of the month…