I was unsuccessful in uploading a photo so I ask you to imagine: a friend standing on a bridge looking through the viewfinder of her camera, wooden stairs directly behind, a waterfall to the left and a tree bathed in sunlight to the right. It is not an artistic photo, much too busy for that, but it is filled with things I love. At one point during our day at the falls my friend expressed the wish to be able to photograph the moment - emotions, sounds, smells...every bit of what we were experiencing - to be savored again later.
I have many pictures from the hike but there are unphotographed snapshots from this day I want captured as well:
• Listening to 18 year old B practice his ukelele
• 22 year old C dropping by on his way home from work
• Attending a local middle school play with my husband
• Playing Parcheesi...
B graduates in June. He will work at the Grand Canyon this summer and then head off to college or a two-year church mission this Fall. With C and J already out on their own B's departure will mark the end of an era for our household. Today I accepted an offer at a University relatively close to our home, thus marking the beginning of a whole new era. For now though, I intend to cherish my current moments.