Enter to win this awesome Couples/Family Prize Package:

One full Couple or Family portrait session

Full-res images on CD-copy free print rights included

11 X 14 Framed photo of your choice!

From now until Feb 14th earn entries in my Couples/Families Contest by:

1.  Become a FAN/LIKE ME on my Facebook Page and earn one entry; or

2.    Announce your engagement or new family member on our Facebook page and let everyone know you entered the contest “I just got engaged and or-I just had a baby and I’m entered to win an Couples/Family prize package from Just Dawn Photography!” and earn one entry; or

3.    Choose your favorite Just Dawn Photography image (can be found here) and share it on your facebook profile and suggest us to friends and earn one entry; or

4.    Refer a friend to our page who follows one of the steps above and you will both earn an entry!

Each person may earn up to three entries in the contest.

The contest will close to entries at 11:59pm CST on 2/13/11.  Winner will be chosen by a random draw as completed by random.org and winner will be announced via posting on my facebook page, my blog and by email on Feb. 20th, 2011 at 12 noon CST. Winner has until 8pm CST to claim their prize package or the second random name drawn will be considered the winner.

No purchase necessary to enter or win, void where prohibited, full list of entries and winners shall be made available upon request after the drawing.  Winners and entrants shall have no obligation to book or purchase Just Dawn Photography’s services, this is just a fun way to win an awesome prize package and get an awesome Couple/Family session!

She brought SO much into my life…

She brought me two more brothers and a sister.

My Dad and Mary Jane then also added a baby sister as well …

She loved to read and watch movies.  She taught me the value of cleaning with the music blasting!  She was a wiz with the sewing machine and was probably the most organized woman I have ever met!

She loved Elvis and the Beatles.

Mary Jane and my Dad loved to travel and got to go many places.

I think she would have traveled ANYWHERE…as long as there was Pepsi available…

When I traveled to Florida while my Dad was battling his fight with cancer, she and I got to spend a  few hours together (just the two of us) in between visits to my Dad-and I will treasure those memories forever.

 This weekend my family will honor her memory and celebrate the lives of both her and my Dad.

It makes me smile to know that her battle has ended and she is now together again with my Dad…

and I would be willing to bet he was waiting there …a cold Pepsi in his hand.

You will be missed!

Love you…

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.  Talk to God about
what is going on in your life.  

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My
purpose is to__________ today.  I am thankful for______________’

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that
is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water.  Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan
salmon, broccoli , almonds & walnuts.

6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip,issues
of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control.  Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment.

8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a
college kid with a maxed out charge card.

9.. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

11. Don’t take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.

12.  You are not so important that you have to win every argument.
Agree to disagree.

13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.

14. Don’t compare your life to others.  You have no idea what their
journey is all about.

15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words:  ’In five years,
will this matter?’

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. GOD heals everything  - but you have to ask Him.

20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends
will. Stay in touch!!!

22. Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.

23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I
am thankful for__________.  Today I accomplished_________.

24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

25. When you are feeling down, start listing your many blessings.
You’ll be smiling before you know it.

I shouldn’t complain. I am alive and well and still breathing. My kids are healthy and doing great. My middle son hit a DOUBLE last night and helped his team WIN their third straight little league game. —-

And when that game was over…I slowly walked back to my car and felt so sad and alone I cried all the way home. The kids went with their Dad…My oldest son Travis, went off with his friends and I went home alone. Again.

You would think that after 5 years of being alone this would get easier. It hasn’t. I DO enjoy some of my time alone and know there are women who crave that. I get that. I get that I chose to end my marriage. I left.

I miss having a best friend. A best friend that I am not an inconvenience to when I call. One who wants to hear from me. One who might even need and like me too.

The silence in my marriage was often deafening. The silence now can be nice and enjoyable or it can SCREAM at me that I am alone.

Last night the silence was screaming at me.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.

They just promised it would be worth it.