Friends

Nothing beats the happiness you receive from a friend by just being in there company. And when you haven't seen your best friends for months at a time, not even spoken to them and you are able to sit down and talk and talk and talk as if you were never apart, you cherish there presence and always leave there company feeling great!

When I think of my closest friends, I only see them in my mind with smiles. Friends can bring such a high to your life and at the same time, we never really sit back and think about how special they really are and how much they affect our lives in such a positive way.

It's funny when I think about how much I want to impress my friends and bring positivity to them at any chance possible. The nice thing with the friends I have is that I feel no matter where I am in life, where I work or what I wear is not a necessary impression I feel I need prove or show to make them happy. To impress my friends is to show them I am happy, or when I am not, that I feel comfortable talking to them with no restraints. And to my friends I always listen. I will always be there.

I forever wish that happiness could be in there lives, and even though I know that sometimes it's hard to be happy, at least I know that I can support them just as they support me.

I'm pretty sure I think about my friends everyday.  

I can't imagine how I could live through all the set backs and content in my life without having them in my BBM and my heart :)

I love you friends, you know who you are.

Lulu.

Blue

Today I have accomplished so much, yet again. Laundry, dishes, sweeping the floors, two cups of coffee, breakfast, lunch and snacks, the movie "Despicable Me", and painting the high ceiling wall in my bedroom!

It's amazing what a $15 can of paint can do to a room! Unfortunately I do not have a wide angle lens on me today so instead of posting a picture of the room itself, here are a few detail shots that I was suggested I take nonetheless.

Lulu

Natural beauty

So these photos were inspired by the Japan earthquake/tsunami. Sadly I, like many of you cannot even imagine the intensity of what mother nature decided to produce.

This is life.

Not that these photos show any type of representation of what had happened. They are just a small fraction of the images that were coming to me when I thought of Japan. 

Beauty.

Natural beauty that can put your eyes at rest.

Take a deep breath and be thankful for the life you have and cherish every part of it.

Lulu

Here you go!

To give life

to become a parent

to be loved

Nothing better.

Lulu

5...4...3...2...1......

This is just one of the many photos I was able to capture of another of my beautiful friends who is expecting anytime now. I was finally able to get out and take some photos of her and I am so happy I did!
Not only did I get to use my photographic skills but I also got to feel the baby moving in her belly and got the chance to catch up with a dear friend.

Lulu

To fear or love

I really care for you, but I can't handle the life you have to offer.

When feelings are there but fear of the unknown is more powerful, how can one ever expect to live happy. Fear is such a strong power, and we see it everywhere. In love, in friendships, in enemies, in death, fear is what keeps us on our toes. But when should fear be embraced and used as a stepping stool for something that could be even more powerful?

If you fear the idea of being in love with the wrong person, how can you ever expect to be in love with the right person.

I was falling in love, with the wrong person. A strong person I thought was right. My fear was pushed aside and than thrown back at me. I should have put fear first, then maybe I wouldn't have been questioned and maybe I wouldn't be where I am now.

Could it be possible that the fear you feel is actually love? Could it possibly just be a sign that your feelings are stronger than you could have expected? And feeling the fear of commitment is possibly a good sign that you may just be falling for someone? Being afraid is normal. I understand fear. I understand the decisions that can be made out of fear. I just wish that I wasn't the one to be feared.

It's hard to let go of someone you care for. But why would you let go if you did care for them? Shouldn't love be the strength that is supposed to keep two together?

Either way, I understand the decisions that can be made out of fear and I respect them.

I will always be the same person. I will always be there to offer the same things. Fear and love, I know.

Lulu.

The calm before the storm

I lost my groove for a little while in regards to photography and blogging, and in no way am I making any promises that I will continue to keep up the pace. What I can promise is some beautiful photos of a good friend of mine who is expecting her first child in June.

We had a great time doing this photo shoot. I got to see more of her than I ever have, and now so do you... but in the most respectable and creative sense possible.

She's a doll.

Lulu