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Embracing our contradictions
“I won’t apologize for my contradictions. A photograph doesn’t apologize for the blacks and the whites, the hundreds of grays. In the end, they make the picture.” ~ M.H. Clark, Today, Tomorrow & Every Day Vintage cameras / Cindy La Ferle
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Support and friendship
“Each day brings us new opportunities — to be there for others or bring a little light into someone’s day. Be grateful and live each day to the fullest.” ~Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart An autumn bouquet from Kathy & Jim / Cindy La Ferle
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Kicking the need for approval
“We’re high on the adrenaline of feeling, even though we know it’s fleeting. And we’re getting worse — checking texts and emails and Facebook every five minutes — always searching for that next hit of feeling, that next morsel of approval.” ~Deborah Meyler, The Bookstore “Addiction” / Cindy La Ferle
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Autumn afternoons
“I do not understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are and does not leave us where it found us.” ~Anne Lamott In Traverse City / Cindy La Ferle
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Recovering from surgery
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Jalaluddin Rumi Lake Michigan sunset / Cindy La Ferle On Thursday, I had surgery for the removal and biopsy of a lesion on my lower right eyelid. It was the fourth time a surgeon sliced into my face for skin cancer — so you’d think I’d be used to this sort of thing by now. This time, however, the problem was right next to my eye, making the procedure more creepy — and me more nervous — than usual. And this time, I knew I’d be knocked out with anesthesia, which added another layer of complexity. As my ophthalmic surgeon explained, she…
