Nakita is off to boot camp today!

Today I said a very temporary goodbye to another best friend to the navy. It doesn't get any easier to see someone go off to boot camp but at least it isn't getting more difficult. In all it was a nice but very busy day! 

I hope everyone is having a great Monday!

Finally a good one! I love the progression in Nakita's face after not wanting to take pictures.

This was on Nakita's belt... who tried to eat a belt for this to be added to it?

18 October 2014

My Heart is Full of Joy

It leaps and jumps

To know I am fine

For doubt no longer

Clouds my mind.

I could fly to the moon,

Sing songs of pride

As the haze of uncertainty

Gets carried far away.

So much fear,

So much concern,

But all is okay,

I will be just fine.

19 October 2014

The Story of the Fish and the Bird

Before there were many animals on the planet there used to be an animal that could traverse land and sea. With ease it maneuvered the great, wide open seas but also could fly in the clear, blue skies. The land animals were jealous of creature that could swim and fly. As the air and sea animal joyously splashed and soared, the land animals concocted a plan to bring it down.

“We must destroy that abnormal thing!” yelled a lion.

“We should tear it apart!” threatened a bear.

“It mocks us, we cannot have that!” declared a wolf.

The land animals decided to wait for their nemesis to come out of the water and soar through the clouds. As he burst through the foaming sea the land animals pounced. They shredded him from limb to limb and tore him into a million little pieces. Walking away victoriously, the animals cheered at defeating the one animal they could not be like.

Once all the animals were gone the waves surged and the wind began to blow ferociously. The torn apart pieces of scales and feathers began to rustle around. They formed two different animals called a fish and a bird. One could swim, the other could fly. The fish birthed more fish and together they sparkled in the reflective waters. The bird birthed more birds and tweeted in the trees and throughout the skies. The land animals were jealous that they had not destroyed the root of their envy but rather made it more abundant. To this day, birds still fly and fish still swim to remind the land animals of what they tried to ruin.