My Baby ~

Last weekend I did something that was just a blast! I took my daughter Diandra out in the country and we took pictures. The picture taking was mostly of her... I have to tell you from the most bias opinion, I think my daughter is beautiful! The beauty that I see is not only an outward beauty, but she shines from the inside out.

I will never forget when she was very little, one Halloween after we got back from trick-or-treating, we had some late stragglers ring the door bell with a cheerful "Trick-or-Treat!" My bowl of treats was almost bare at that time and when I got to the last two children I had no more candy to give. As I apologised to them, my daughter's mouth dropped and she yelled "Wait!" She ran to her plastic jack-o-lantern, grabbed the handle and ran back as fast as her little legs would take her. When she came back to the door, she not only gave the two that got none a handful, but then went on to give the others more that I had only given one piece of candy to; I was trying to stretch what I had. If you could fall in love even more with your child, I did at that very moment!

Back to my blast that I had...

As we were looking at the screen examining each photo... Diandra said that I take good pictures. My self esteem has been running on low. Trying to figure out where I just fit in, if anywhere and what my talent or "gift" is. I had to be honest though, my model was quite exceptional and made picture taking very easy! I couldn't really go wrong pressing a button on the camera! I really had fun!