Little Girls & Moms

Little Girls & Moms
Originally uploaded by MyxMaster.

This is my beautiful niece, Samantha, and her daughter Brianna. Please say a little prayer for them that God would preserve their relationship and bless them in the coming future.

My great niece, Brianna, lives with her father in Arizona and her mom lives in California. Brianna came to visit her mom and stayed with her Grandma for the whole month of July '09. I wanted to take a photo of them together before Brianna left for Arizona. The sun was setting, so I knew the light would be awesome in this photo. I'm happy with the results.

Light My Way

Light My Way
Originally uploaded by MyxMaster.

In 1972, I lived in Grants Pass, Oregon. I was in the first grade. Some mornings, it would get so foggy, I could hardly see where to walk to school. The one thing I remember most is seeing this bright, shiny globe up above me through the heavy mist. At first I didn't realize what it was and I was scared, until I concluded that this was the sun. Without it, I wouldn't have found my way.

Peace Starts With You

I just heard some bad news about my niece from a close family friend. Although the news is bad, the result was good. The outcome could have been worse than it was. I'm an ultra-sensitive person, so I experience a lot of emotion, so much at times that it can be disabling. I'm choosing right now to have peace. All I can do now is pray.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.

Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

Who's In There?

Who's In There?
Originally uploaded by MyxMaster.

I look into my eyes, but I'm unsure of who I see. I'm lost in myself. I don't like this place I'm in and I can't find my way out. I need to meditate on the questions that keep coming up in me. I have some ideas of what the answers are and I think I'm getting closer to being set free. I haven't given up yet. I can't. I'm too near to the end of the race.