Cricket’s Thoughts

Every once in a while, I let Haley use my camera. It doesn’t happen often, because she has a nasty habit of turning it towards me!

It was soooooo windy. My hair just wouldn’t stay out of my face.

I was leaning on this map of the park and Haley was
trying to get me to smile. I was trying soooooo hard
not to crack up laughing. (The kid is nuts!)

What the heck? Yeah, her jokes (trying to get me to
smile) were getting pretty corny! 🙂

And then I lost it, totally busted out laughing, but my
eyes still have that “what the heck” look . . .

I have no idea what this scowl was all about, except maybe I just don’t like being in front of the camera. (smiles)

The kid caught every possible funky face all in one afternoon!

P.S. The sun was very bright, so I was doing a lot of squinting.

You know dang well that I was not gonna let this day pass without grabbing a picture of the kid right? Especially when she had this incredible emo look going on!

I love this shot of the kid. Way too cute!

25 things outside of my friends and family that bring me joy . . .

Long hot bubble baths
Rocky road ice cream
The GEICO Gecko (adorable)
Sitting at the edge of the river
Reading stories with happy endings
The taste of ice tea on a hot day
Photographing the world around me
Slow dancing
Kicking butt at air hockey
Life in the country
The smell of Eternity perfume
Watching the sun rise
The wind in my hair
Singing in the shower
Laughing at silly jokes
Watching puppies play
The smell of burgers on the grill
Long walks holding hands
Monkeys at the zoo
Playing in the rain
Writing from my heart
Strawberry cheesecake
Fields filled with wild flowers
Getting lost in music
A good cup of coffee

There’s always gonna be another mountain. I’m always gonna want to make it move. Always going to be an up-hill battle. Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose. Ain’t about how fast I get there. Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side. It’s the climb (Miley Cyrus Video)

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna want to make it move

Always going to be an up-hill battle,
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side

It’s the climb

When the world has gone crazy, I can always count on my kid to make me smile again, to help me understand what matters in life.

Excuse Me???????? (She got this look from her mama)

I have no idea what she is fixin to do with that soccer ball.

I close my eyes when she skates.

Awww… there is my sweet kid. Is she playing with her shadow??

Surrounded in a million unseen faces, all in such a hurry to go somewhere, anywhere. Or, maybe nowhere . . .

Suffocating in the mass of people.

Yearning for the nearly forgotten familiar feeling of southern tranquility, not understanding where it has gone.

So very afraid that I may never find it again.

Realizing that home isn’t here anymore, or maybe it never was.

Wondering where it is . . .

In a world which often makes very little sense to me, there is one thing I know I can always count on, the absolute killer smile of my kid.

Life could be falling down around us, and it doesn’t matter to her. She shuts it all out, puts on that dangerously wicked grin, and just enjoys the thrill of the slide. I am very blessed.