tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post3979103479683442495..comments2023-05-19T04:46:54.536-07:00Comments on Beautiful rubbish:: Of getaways, photos and the stories outside the linesAmber Cadenashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-53051204087877038342014-07-22T14:11:04.431-07:002014-07-22T14:11:04.431-07:00"Glory and tension"
yes this constant pu..."Glory and tension"<br />yes this constant pull between<br />you penned it so well<br />what my heart has always knownHisFireFlyhttp://hisfirefly.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-43195330809210290732014-07-22T09:29:17.047-07:002014-07-22T09:29:17.047-07:00Joe, your words are so encouraging to me this morn...Joe, your words are so encouraging to me this morning. Really. I'm so grateful for your understanding, your "getting" this, and also for the way you saw it through your own eyes and reflected it back to me. Sometimes, you know, we write things that have more meaning than we give them words to, than we're aware of even, so it's helpful to hear how it sits with others. Thank you. And blessings to you, too.Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-19326006409885387772014-07-22T09:27:02.019-07:002014-07-22T09:27:02.019-07:00Ah yes, taking stock of expectations... try as I m...Ah yes, taking stock of expectations... try as I may, it seems there are ones that are always lying dormant, ready to rear up whether I took note of them or not. Old and present hurts that are still being worked through that go along with those expectations. But it's still good to be aware of them, right? To try our best to modify and to let go and work through as things come up, I suppose that's the most we can do. So, that said, I hope you are able to do that as you prepare for this vacation, and I pray it exceeds even those modest hopes. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-47632422179535498222014-07-22T09:19:15.626-07:002014-07-22T09:19:15.626-07:00I like this so much: "without emotional photo...I like this so much: "without emotional photoshopping." Wow, I never thought of that before, but it's amazing how much we photoshop our memories, our emotions, our experiences. Thank you for hearing me, for being here. I appreciate you and your sweet presence.Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-38003904486373591272014-07-22T09:17:44.543-07:002014-07-22T09:17:44.543-07:00Thank you for seeing with me, Dolly, the things th...Thank you for seeing with me, Dolly, the things that are hard to convey. It's always a gift. Amber Cadenashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495600314886616325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-11039634240118662312014-07-22T04:36:29.891-07:002014-07-22T04:36:29.891-07:00Oh, I love how you tell this, Amber!
Yes, there s...Oh, I love how you tell this, Amber!<br /><br />Yes, there seems to always be two stories...the one filled with faith and hope...and the one reflecting disappointments and miscommunications...<br /><br />And they're the same story...yet not...<br /><br />And while it's important to focus on the faith and hope story, it's equally important to work thru the disappointment and miscommunication story.<br /><br />And sometimes...in focusing on faith and hope, we give false impressions of living perfect little lives shielded from all disunity. It looks so nice...but isn't the whole story...and not very helpful to our fellow strugglers...<br /><br />I love how you've honored both stories, here.<br /><br />Blessings to you!Joe Potehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00128078440003054702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-86239983148982480272014-07-22T03:57:37.762-07:002014-07-22T03:57:37.762-07:00Yes! to no expectations and to both. We're ge...Yes! to no expectations and to both. We're getting ready to go on our first family vacation since before the twins were born (unless you count that brief one last fall that went So Very Poorly). This is a good reminder to take stock of my expectations before-hand, to replace them with a modest list of hopes. And I hear you on the pictures (and words I guess do the same) how they both hide and reveal at the same time. kchripczukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15585289101589690551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-76949577280031030622014-07-21T18:48:32.851-07:002014-07-21T18:48:32.851-07:00Dang those expectations and the ways we talk ourse...Dang those expectations and the ways we talk ourselves into imagining everything will be new just because the place and time are new even as we drag our same exhausted selves to a different local. And, yes, in some ways, it makes all the difference. A clean window to view things through. But in others it just gives us more time to notice the smudges that stand between us and the view we hope for. Yes, it can be both. It IS both. And both are OK. Normal. Holy and beautiful in their own way. Let your memories be only exactly what they are, unfiltered and without emotional photoshopping. The honoring of your truth is worship.JustBeBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045038249556998103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693390593188122891.post-76643793754670507692014-07-21T16:28:04.323-07:002014-07-21T16:28:04.323-07:00Amber,
This lovely how you see both: the light and...Amber,<br />This lovely how you see both: the light and the charcoal cloud....and you hold both in tension...and I get it: how hard it is to convey all the layers of our true lives in a photo...visiting from Kelli's blogDolly@Soulstopshttp://soulstops.comnoreply@blogger.com