Tina M89
365/365 Complete!
I’m sitting here on our balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean listening to the waves come crashing in as I write my last 365 post. Today is the day! I finished my 365 in Oregon! A whole year has gone by, it’s amazing how fast time flies and then it’s over.
It’s been a year of learning and growing, a year of sharing life with those I would have never met had it not been for coming to Flickr and then coming across Project 365! and giving that a try.
I never imagined it to turn into what it did, sharing bits of my life whether it be joys, struggles, my faith or failures. I’ve felt blessed to be able to share these bits of my life with who ever came by and I’ve always wanted to be transparent in what I’ve shared and my sole purpose was that maybe, just maybe someone would come by who would need a word of encouragement or who needed to know that yeah we all struggle and fail at times but it’s okay…that’s how we learn and grow and give others opportunity to pick us up and dust us off. I’ve had my up days and down days through doing this project, it hasn’t always been easy, it’s been frustrating at times and my family has had to see me in my not so nice moods when things just weren’t working out. There were times when it became the dreaded word…”project 365.” But I think with anything in life there are the good times and the tough times but its how we manage our way through that with those we love. I must confess I have not always done that gracefully as I’ve written about in numerous posts ;-) I think though as I neared the end I broke through some of that.
So though my husband has taken the brunt of my not so nice attitudes at times, he has been my greatest source of encouragement and I’m thankful for that. He has cheered me on, he has spoken those words “that’s it, you’ll just have to make do with what you’ve got,” he has driven me places, helped me and even shown his face in a number of shots. He has wanted to see me complete this and not just because at times he was sick of it :-) but because he wanted me who can start so many things and not finish them to accomplish this one thing to the fullest. My kids have also been a blessing to me in this, they’ve been excited to see what picture I took or what I wrote and they’ve allowed me to show their faces as well in some of my shots. My friend has also been a great source of encouragement…she would say to me “I’m watching your back” as she followed my stream. And my parents and other family members too, they’ve been excited about this project and that has blessed me. It’s funny how when I started I was scared to tell anyone about it because I thought is this a waste of time and what will they think of me spending all this time on this project, but over the year I’ve been able to break out of that.
I’m also thankful to each of you who have encouraged me along the way, who’ve cheered me on and who’ve spoken words of wisdom…it has meant a lot to me and I’ve felt blessed to be a part of your life here on flickr. I even had the exciting opportunity of meeting one flickr friend. It’s kind of a bittersweet feeling to be finished because it becomes so much a part of your daily life but life changes, seasons come and go and so now I am off to enter a new season, not sure exactly what it will look like but I’m sure over time it will unfold.
So today I end with a jumping for joy shot on the Oregon coast as the waves come crashing in, yes my eyes aren’t fully open (I’m winking at you all) but my smile expresses the joy I wanted to convey. It was fun and it was freeing. I had written my words in the sand, did a few shots and then the water came rushing in and washed my words away as the tide was rising and so I had to move in closer to shore and write my words in the sand a second time. Then after I had finished my jump shots I just stood there and watched as the words were washed away by the rising tide a second time...I thought it fitting as it was my final shot.
365 Complete!
365/365 Complete!
I’m sitting here on our balcony overlooking the Pacific Ocean listening to the waves come crashing in as I write my last 365 post. Today is the day! I finished my 365 in Oregon! A whole year has gone by, it’s amazing how fast time flies and then it’s over.
It’s been a year of learning and growing, a year of sharing life with those I would have never met had it not been for coming to Flickr and then coming across Project 365! and giving that a try.
I never imagined it to turn into what it did, sharing bits of my life whether it be joys, struggles, my faith or failures. I’ve felt blessed to be able to share these bits of my life with who ever came by and I’ve always wanted to be transparent in what I’ve shared and my sole purpose was that maybe, just maybe someone would come by who would need a word of encouragement or who needed to know that yeah we all struggle and fail at times but it’s okay…that’s how we learn and grow and give others opportunity to pick us up and dust us off. I’ve had my up days and down days through doing this project, it hasn’t always been easy, it’s been frustrating at times and my family has had to see me in my not so nice moods when things just weren’t working out. There were times when it became the dreaded word…”project 365.” But I think with anything in life there are the good times and the tough times but its how we manage our way through that with those we love. I must confess I have not always done that gracefully as I’ve written about in numerous posts ;-) I think though as I neared the end I broke through some of that.
So though my husband has taken the brunt of my not so nice attitudes at times, he has been my greatest source of encouragement and I’m thankful for that. He has cheered me on, he has spoken those words “that’s it, you’ll just have to make do with what you’ve got,” he has driven me places, helped me and even shown his face in a number of shots. He has wanted to see me complete this and not just because at times he was sick of it :-) but because he wanted me who can start so many things and not finish them to accomplish this one thing to the fullest. My kids have also been a blessing to me in this, they’ve been excited to see what picture I took or what I wrote and they’ve allowed me to show their faces as well in some of my shots. My friend has also been a great source of encouragement…she would say to me “I’m watching your back” as she followed my stream. And my parents and other family members too, they’ve been excited about this project and that has blessed me. It’s funny how when I started I was scared to tell anyone about it because I thought is this a waste of time and what will they think of me spending all this time on this project, but over the year I’ve been able to break out of that.
I’m also thankful to each of you who have encouraged me along the way, who’ve cheered me on and who’ve spoken words of wisdom…it has meant a lot to me and I’ve felt blessed to be a part of your life here on flickr. I even had the exciting opportunity of meeting one flickr friend. It’s kind of a bittersweet feeling to be finished because it becomes so much a part of your daily life but life changes, seasons come and go and so now I am off to enter a new season, not sure exactly what it will look like but I’m sure over time it will unfold.
So today I end with a jumping for joy shot on the Oregon coast as the waves come crashing in, yes my eyes aren’t fully open (I’m winking at you all) but my smile expresses the joy I wanted to convey. It was fun and it was freeing. I had written my words in the sand, did a few shots and then the water came rushing in and washed my words away as the tide was rising and so I had to move in closer to shore and write my words in the sand a second time. Then after I had finished my jump shots I just stood there and watched as the words were washed away by the rising tide a second time...I thought it fitting as it was my final shot.
365 Complete!