My Life My Home

Hi there,

I am sitting outside of Starbucks and enjoying the weather before winter comes. Thinking how great it was this weekend editing pictures that I had taken at a game. When I take photo's of an event I take many shots, however at a sporting event you only have a few moments to catch the ball in motion, while the athlete is in action. That is what makes it challenging. You can only see what is happening through the lens of the camera and with one eye.

When you catch that perfect shot you know it. You know that the athlete is in perfect form as he has practiced for years. If he or she has the ball in motion you got it! At the time you are taking the picture you know you got it, however you don't know what frame it was in. I spent the weekend going though each frame looking to see if I wanted to use the pictures and what I actually caught, clarity, lighting etc. My favorite are the pictures I don't have to edit much. Those are the ones I am talking about. It is a form of excitement when you see the pictures.

As I sit here to work on my latest book, on this day off, I look up and what do I see a business person, stopping for coffee. His or Her vehicle reads New Real Restoration, it got me thinking about after events are planned, or a party in the home. After the event, the wedding, the celebration, the I Do's, there is a time period the place, the venue, the home has to be restored and brought back to it's normal state.  For some it might take months for others, years it depends on how things were taken care of during the event.

Did you ever wonder, think about, why a couple goes on a honeymoon or those celebrating a big moment in their lives go on a vacation after the event? The people need to be restored. Traditionally it is the groom's parents that help with the honeymoon, mainly because the wife's family have paid for the honeymoon. However, these things are now discussed openly and tradition has now been overtaken at times by affordability.  Either way, the person celebrating needs time to restore themselves. It takes time, love, patience and a family, friends who care for you. To discuss with you the great things that went on at the party and sometimes the bad things.

Most of all I found they help support and heal from all the excitement Normal everyday life, has its adventures, most of the time we have the routine of everyday. When planning an big moment in someones life, the life becomes about themselves. Everything is for them (me) however, after the event, the person has to get off the high and face the reality of their life. That is why the name on the business vehicle hit me with laughter. It could be called a moment of New Real Restoration. A time to stop thinking about I want, give me, can I afford, buy me and focus on the thank yous to all the people that did "give you, help you afford the I wants and I needs to create your day. Part of Restoration is apologizing to those you hurt in trying to make things happen. It doesn't mean you were intentionally trying to hurt them, it means in planning anything in life feelings get hurt. That is the reality of "I want, I need, I have to have, buy me." Unless you have a person in your life that has so much wealth that they would give you money unconditionally, then you are like most of my clients who's family come with the planning process and helping them plan. That is why the Thank You!
Is such an important word.