DAY 30: Into the Sunset

When I started this series, I intended to do it 30 straight days in a row. But I knew myself and I knew I wasn't going to be able to go thirty days in a row. The last thing I wanted was to promise 30 days and not finish. And believe it or not, this is a problem with me. I have a folder on my laptop dedicated to writings I started but never finished. This blog has a ton of drafts that I never published because as I wrote them, I hit a block in my thoughts and never finished them. Now they just sit in blog jailed pretty outdated and not really relevant anymore. Even this crazy vlog I decided to create. I have footage I took that I intended to use but never did. To the rest of the world, that's not an issue as they didn't know those things existed...until now. And they are constant reminders of how many things I start but never complete.

With this post, I put the first nail in that coffin. I pondered what photo to place here. The very last one. Day 30. I had some ideas, but to me, they just didn't quite fit the mold I was shaping. Then I remembered that in my vastly large folder of sunset photos (I'm darn proud of every single one too), this photo existed. It was taken at that same cabin on the lake in Vermilion that I loved and miss so much. And during this time, a nasty storm rolled through. If you've never lived by an ocean or an incredibly large body of water, you won't quite understand the rogue storms that brew off them. It was depressing because bad weather at the cabin usually ruined the experience...

...but here in this brief moment, something miraculous happened. The storm broke for a few minutes. The sky opened slightly to reveal that every welcoming sun. And so I captured this moment forever. Every time I look at this photo, it reminds me that no matter what storm rages, no matter what darkness conceals my joy, that the sun is still there, shining behind it all. There have been a lot of storms this year and there still may be more to come. But they too shall pass and the sun will keep on shining. 

I hope y'all had as much fun reading these as I did creating them. Pictures say a lot and keep many amazing memories alive. And being able to allow people into that piece of my world is truly an honor. Stay strong. Stay well. Laugh. Live. And most importantly...Love.