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About 365 days of marriage

I started this blog in April of 2011. At the time, Bret and I were wedding photographers and it was a way to share how marriage is more about the day to day and so much more than the wedding day itself. For about 5 years, I blogged about the joys and sorrows of the Christian walk, marriage, work, family and friends. I’ve blogged every day since a few weeks after I started. In May of 2015, we photographed our last wedding. Now, I have become passionate about simplicity, particularly in marriage, Christianity, business, travel and life. For a number of reasons, we have become minimalists. I’ve found that having simplicity makes life so much deeper, refreshing and joyful. I hope that this blog will help others see the benefits of living simply.

Day 2260 – Pictures Are So Important

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Over the last few days, I’ve been thinking about pictures. Funny, it was something I used to get paid for, I had some great gear and have captured some great memories for others. But here’s the thing – we suck at taking pictures of ourselves. We have hundreds and hundreds of pictures of our rings and food or other people thanks to this blog (on the plus side, it has gotten me in the habit of taking a photo every day).

I was reminded that I need to take more pictures with Bret. Not only that, but with our friends and family. I think for so many years I felt like asking for a picture was a chore (if you’ve been a guest, wedding party attendant or client at one of the weddings we’ve shot, I’m sure you got tired of it). But I want to be more purposeful in taking photos of the people during each day of our marriage.

So, today, this is us.

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Day 2257 – Learning To Take My Own Advice

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I’ve learned a lot over the last year. A LOT! I’ve grown in so many areas of my life. One of the things I’ve been “preaching” is resting. You have to give yourself time off and you have to realize the work will wait. I really thought I had learned this lesson. I really thought that I was good at “clocking out” of work.

Yea, still haven’t totally learned this lesson. This has been very clear over the last week when several things forced me to slow down. First, I dropped a knife on my toe. The next day I was taken over by a terrible cold. It’s a week later and I’m still fighting it.

Yesterday, I was in full work mode, I had taken some medicine in the morning and after a big coughing fit, took some cough medicine. I felt pretty normal (at least sick level normal) for about an hour. After I returned from a quick errand, I realized I was feeling a little funny. Come to find out the cough medicine had the same ingredients as the other medicine. I was physically unable to work. My body very loudly and clearly said, yo, STOP.

So, I spent the rest of my day listening to my body and continued reading a very eye opening book into sickness. It’s about a woman who has Huntington’s Disease and where her journey takes her. It was definitely humbling to think I really don’t have it that bad. It’s just a cold.

It was also humbling to realize, I really can’t do it all.

How are you at resting?

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