Fall Photo Montage'

As women,

everything in our lives

are like these spokes.

We are the center of our families,

with many spokes radiating outwards,

to meet the needs of all.

Women are passionate people...

about our famiies,

our friends,

our homes,

and our passions.

Inspiration...

comes from within us,

as well as around us,

in what we see and feel,

and in all that we do.

Creativity comes from inspiration,

through things we dream about,

things we see,

beauty in nature,

through our art,

and from

dozens of other places,

daily

happening in our lives.

 Beauty surrounds us,

but

do we see it?

It is..

in the Fall colors,

in our families,

in the art we create,

in our our homes,

and

even us as women

are a thing of beauty.

Direction for me...

comes from within,

from listening to the Lord,

through our families,

 friends,

and event hrough our

inspiration

and

discoveries.

Moving forward...

is something that is good,

it is often hard,

is usually rewarding,

and is called growth.

I have chosen to move forward,

and am loving it,

once I got past the fear,

made some tough decisions,

and

now I'm so glad I chose

to move forward.

I am often working towards peace,

often still over extending myself,

but trying to learn

 to say

"no thank you".

I am a work in progress,

and God is definitely

 not finished

with me yet.

Side note:

All photos in this blog post were taken last week by me, when I went to see my Dad and family in north central Minnesota.  Through a friend I met online from another blog, I recently have started taking the time to take notice of the smaller things in life and thus I thought to take my camera on a gorgeous MN fall sun filled day and capture a few shots of my 200 mile trip up and back.

The church photo is especially important, as it represents so much...it was where Jon and I were married almost 17 years ago.  If you look real close, you'll see the town water tower in the background and it says UPSALA, which is where I was born and raised, and the front tree is a maple, which was ablaze in beauty on this day and represents my new goal to start paying attention to the beauty surrounding me on a daily basis.

Two weeks ago, I would of never thought to stop and take the photos of the windmill, country street sign with gorgeous red vine growing up it, or any of these other photos.  So exciting and fun to be growing and making these changes.