ocean bound

observe: red {a through the lens walk}

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yesterday, beana and i spotted a patch of blue in the sky and headed to our favorite park. as she slept, i settled into a walk where i slowed down to really notice. as i looked around, i realized that red was dancing all over the place in this little snippet of this huge park. dancing. and this dancing continued to push me to see that i am finding my way; it is slow but real. i am finding my way to getting outside and taking photos of other things. i am seeing the world with the same eyes (the same heart) i always have...but i am wiser, a bit more full of cracks and creaks, and i am leaning into my realness with each step, with each breath.

the faces of ellie jane (october 22)

 

right now, she is my teacher. the course? staying right here in this moment.

(and a cute teacher she is.)

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Lots of behind the scenes stuff happening over here as I work on the 2011 Be Present Retreats schedule. Plan to have information up on the site this weekend about the next retreat and some sneak peeks of another one. So happy to be doing the work I know I am meant to do. 

Love and light from this part of the world,

Liz

::neruda::

catherine's bus . point defiance park . september 6, 2010

So, through me, freedom and the sea
will call in answer to the shrouded heart.

Pablo Neruda, "The Poet's Obligation"
from On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea
English translation by Alastair Reid

the (weekend) view from here

a week in august

earlier this month, my dad married a woman i have come to call my friend over the last few years. while we were in the PICU in July, it became clear that because of ellie's health, we would be unable to travel to their wedding. on one of those PICU days, i answered my dad's question of "how are you doing?" with "after all this is over, i might have to take a trip to the ocean and stand in front of the waves, before everyone else is awake, and yell how i am really feeling out into the universe." the next day, he called and said that he and anne had talked and they were wondering if they could come out the week after the wedding and take us all to the ocean (if ellie was able to take a shorter trip).

and to the ocean we went....

today, i am sharing a few of my favorite photos that really represent the goodness of our trip to me.

(all of these were taken with my Canon Rebel T1i but i had fun processing a few with picnik. though that sunset photo is straight out of the camera. you really must come to the oregon coast.)

(oh and yes, i did spend time standing at the waves sharing my feelings. i will share more about that soon.)

today. i choose.

 

leap . gearhart, oregon . august 2010

today, i choose to believe that something good this way comes.

get outside. (notes to myself)

 

when the clouds roll in and you feel the weight of your heart,

get outside (even just a few steps out the back door)

and breathe it all in baby girl.