I can't whistle: crazy good

15 April 2012

crazy good

Just back from a weekend in Maine to celebrate our almost two year anniversary! I can't quite believe that, but to celebrate, we asked our amazingly gifted and talented friend and life photographer Susan Mullen to do some family photos up at the location of the wedding.

It was a day almost completely unlike our wedding, it was so warm! No rain/snow! But so very beautiful. We played around and she took photos in the windy wild grasses, and, well, the results are amazing.

CRAZY GOOD.

Please stop by her blog to see more and and say hello.

7 comments:

Baby Smiling In Back Seat said...: So magical! #18 is my favorite.

Very sorry that I never got a chance to meet/work with Susan.; April 16, 2012 at 3:15 AM
The Steadfast Warrior said...: Wonderful photos! So hard to choose a favourite! Though 20-22 are some of the ones I love best. :); April 16, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Michele said...: love this one of Della! Gorgeous!!!; April 16, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Erin Bakal said...: i *LOVE* the Della sandwich and the one of Della on Doug's head where he's looking up at her. Susan's work is amazing and captures everyone's spirit so well. Thanks for sharing!; April 16, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Elizabeth said...: Stunning! So beautiful.; April 18, 2012 at 1:27 AM
Erin Bakal said...: Oh, and happy 2 year anniversary 2 days late (or 363 days early for your 3 year anniversary!). Thanks again for sharing those delightful family photos. :-D; April 19, 2012 at 4:17 PM
(another) karen said...: Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!; May 1, 2012 at 12:14 AM

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I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

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"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham