.:P52 - Week 4:.

Week 4 - Self-portrait

Well, firstly let me state my case... I know I'm not in great shape right now, more accurately, I'm in a round shape right now - 25 kg more than the self I used to know... But, hey, this is the moment I'm living, and nothing is more important than what you're living in the present time...



You're what you've been, what you've lived, what you've seen... this moment is as important as any other because it's changing you, it's changing your life... why not have it registered so that you can remember it?

when I got married my parents came over from across the ocean to be part of it... My mother was a hot mess, coming from a hard year and a half, she was skinny with 42 kilos... would she want to take pictures then? NO... but I took them anyway, lots of them, every time I could grab the camera button and press it... My mother wanted me to wait, she would say: "when you come home in December we'll do that, not now, I'm not looking that good." My answer? Snapping away and saying: "you're my mother, you always look good..."



I treasure those pictures like any other, I hold them dear because those are the images of my last days with my mom... I have them registered, the walks, the laughing, the crying, because those days were filled with emotion, lots of them, different ones... the photos are not perfect, but hey, WE were not perfect then and are certainly not any more perfect now... I've lived those moments and took the time to capture them in images... and now I'm happy I'll have those imperfect images to help my memory when it starts fading away with time...

it feels good being in your memories with the ones you love, and seeing those glances, the ones full of emotion and bonding and love...

.:P52 - Week 3:.

Week 3 - I dreamed a dream

I dreamed a dream of becoming a teacher, molding young minds so that they would change the world into sth better...
I longed to see those bountiful brilliant beings shaping up to become worthy men and women whom I could trust our future and hope with...
As the years passed by, they've surprised me a lot... They've taken me from my comfort zone as a professional, they've made find other ways I could make the world a better place, but I still have this dream: That I can really be part of the change...



This is the third assignment of Project 52 - one photo a week for one year... I hope to be posting next friday with the new baby girl near me and not closed in the maternity ward... well, let's see...

.:P52 - week 2:.

Week 2 - Made with love

Here where I live now it's a tradition to announce happy events to the neighborhood by decorating the outside of your house with ribbons... If sbd's graduated there goes a red ribbon, if a couple get married they should display a white one... With the impeding arrival of a baby girl in our family I've made a wreath to put on our door (the in-laws will think about the ribbon anyway...)

Another thing I did preparing for the sweet pea is a tree made in watercolors for the visitors to put their fingerprints on it when they come to the hospital (again, here it is hoping it will work)... this idea was shamelessly borrowed from a pin...

.:first week:.

first week of new year has flown by... ear infection, the flu, a cough, and so on have kept us most of the days inside our warm home with our cat (who is still the ruler of the house)...
we also got the crib and stroller ready for the arrival of our sweet baby girl... loads of tiny clothes and bibs have invaded each and every room... it is so close now...

listening to- someone like you adele
watching - castle
reading - the best fairy tales (in italian for the sweet pea)

.:P52 - week1:.

Week 1 - resolutions

well, one of my new year's resolutions is to be more organized so that I can relax and enjoy more time with my growing family...

the photo is my tea box, nothing fancy, but holds from now on all the options we have to offer at home when sbd comes from the cold weather outside in need of sth hot and sweet...

(ps.: photo taken just today)