A picture is worth "more" than a thousand words ~

A picture is worth more than a thousand words.

All I know is that for me, a picture is worth far more

than any words ever written could mean.

Melanie called me tonight and asked me for a picture of Natalie...she wanted any picture different than the pictures that she already has. And the realization for us came that all the pictures of Natalie we have...are all the pictures we are ever going to have.

I took her scrapbook off the shelf and saw these pictures...some I remember seeing and some I don't. And for a moment, they were new pictures for me...except that Noah is now ever so close to being 7 years old instead of the tiny baby in her arms.

Her smile, her eyes, her hair on her shoulders...her hands. I remember them perfectly. And in pictures perfectly she will stay...forever 23, forever young, forever with tiny Noah in her arms.

As I try to wrap my head around 6 years without her...

I am ever so thankful for the 24 that I had with her.

A picture is worth MORE than a thousand words..

for when I look at these pictures..

there are no words,

not even a thousand,

that can express how they make me feel

Picture me thankful ~ I love you Natalie

September again ~

Most mark a year gone by in January....

not for me.

Every year when September comes is when I begin a new year.

[Another year that I can't believe has gone by]

Everything begins to change in September...the air gets crisp in the morning and evening...it is something I look forward to every year.

it IS better than Christmas.

This is my most favorite time of year.

If I could, I would find a place that is always like fall

[like Hawaii is always like summer]

is there a place that is always like fall? ...if there is, I'm there.

You would think that losing Natalie

in September

in the fall

in my most very favorite time of the year

would make me dread autumn.

The opposite is true.

For me ....when the air gets crisp and the leaves begin to change

and that wonderful smell of fall is in the air....

I feel closer to heaven than any other time of the year.

I feel closer to Natalie than any other time of the year.

Autumn has a feeling

It is warm and cozy

It is home and family

For me ~ it is where heaven and earth meet in the middle

My year begins again