tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2584656355512027512024-03-14T04:01:26.008-07:00A Free CaptiveEmily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-70584984503789453342012-04-08T19:42:00.002-07:002012-04-09T11:52:59.557-07:00Breathe. In, out. Repeat indefinitely.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I walk into the room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The quiet, indistinct buzz of conversation unsuccessfully attempts to disguise the tension,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the sweaty hands hold tightly to pencils as everyone tries to chat casually with each other,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">almost believable but for the strain underlying their cheery tones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Smile, say hello to my friends. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sit down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hold my pencil in my hands, my over-sized denim purse in my lap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ask if the people sitting by me are nervous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Absentmindedly twist my silver daisy-chain ring round and round my ring finger.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally the room quiets down and orientation starts.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Laughter, nervous at first, but then increasingly comfortable, is the response to the director's comfortable, amusing way of speaking.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I eventually set down my pencil. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My breath has stopped fluttering;</div><div style="text-align: center;">My hands are still sweaty.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then auditions start. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I watch as people filter to the front of the room,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some confident, some shy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All hoping to show their best, do their thing;</div><div style="text-align: center;">All hoping to shine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And - they do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone with a unique interpretation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's amazing to see how many different interpretations one character can have.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am called up.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I stand, my script held tightly in my hands, and make my way to the front.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Breathe. In, out. Repeat indefinitely.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I look at the script, find my place.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I read, I hope desperately that I'm doing my best, that I'm doing enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't help but wonder how I'm doing. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Whether the passion that I feel as this character, the painful memories that I am reliving, are convincing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it really comes down to it - can I act?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Do I have what it takes?</div><div style="text-align: center;">The director thanks me.<br />
I take my seat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The evening continues on, the people filter past, all unique, all talented.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, it's over. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay around, talk, laugh with friends, relief coloring our tones now.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I consider the group,<br />
I start to realize that if I were to be given the smallest part</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would be absolutely honored to be acting with these people.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would be absolutely honored to be acting with this group.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not to say I don't long for a bigger role;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I would love a bigger role.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But, whatever part I am given, whoever I get the chance to portray,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know wholeheartedly</div><div style="text-align: center;">that I am going to love being a part of <a href="http://smorgasbordstudios.org/">Smorgasbord Studios</a> this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-71506218320126008102011-12-05T13:55:00.000-08:002011-12-05T13:57:14.809-08:00My Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> Even though I don't show it very well,</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Even though I constantly mess up,</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Constantly fall,</div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Constantly stumble over my words and mistakenly hurt her,</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I love my mom.</span></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">She is a beautiful woman, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Full of strength, <br />
Full of life,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Full of love and hope and joy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love my mom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have watched her as our family has gone through hard times -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have watched as she doesn't give up,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How she always fights for her family.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have watched as she works herself until she is exhausted so that she can put another meal on the table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have watched her do five loads of laundry a day,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have seen how she teaches the small children,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How she talks with us older children,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have watched as she pours out her heart for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love my mom.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have watched while she hurts -</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whether physically or emotionally.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have watched as she has cared for a family of eleven and I have watched as she cares for two elderly parents.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have watched as she is in pain from a broken vertebrae and yet she keeps going, keeps working, keeps providing, keeps loving.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have watched, shamed, as I hurt her through something I did, something I said, </div><div style="text-align: center;">And I have watched as she always forgives me, always loves me, always accepts me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And through all of this,</div><div style="text-align: center;">As I have watched,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have realized</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just</div><div style="text-align: center;">How</div><div style="text-align: center;">Much</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I love my mom.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And just how much she loves me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I realize <i>just how much </i>I value her friendship, just how much I need her in my life. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I realize just how much I love her.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When I speak to her, <br />
I can never seem to find the words to say it all.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can never find the words that will express my thoughts, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the words that will tell her just how much I love her and value her and admire her </div><div style="text-align: center;">and just how much I hurt when she hurts, how much more it hurts when I realize that I've hurt her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love you, mom, and I couldn't imagine my life without you.</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-72105934010538907622011-10-06T15:43:00.000-07:002011-10-06T15:47:12.597-07:00For my penpalEveryone else can just ignore this post. ;)<br />
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While writing an email to my pen-pal, I realized that all the pictures that I wanted to send would probably end up crashing my email if I attempted to send all of them.<br />
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So, here you go, my pen-pal: a blog post just for you.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">One of the only pictures I have of Nick - since he never lets me take pictures of him.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And these are how all of my pictures of Jake turn out:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-SokENXKaSVMs0Ok6AJo8n1VuyGPnAg7TBzzQ-TruipuZ2jb1BNn2XVJ4SBKOKakqDJIBiq7C70RXaT4H_ppW5gVX77_4FYet4FSY-L6RdJv0BHk_Tp3Bl1-YCHFfMMI9FqrUj75vDG2/s1600/DSC_0059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-SokENXKaSVMs0Ok6AJo8n1VuyGPnAg7TBzzQ-TruipuZ2jb1BNn2XVJ4SBKOKakqDJIBiq7C70RXaT4H_ppW5gVX77_4FYet4FSY-L6RdJv0BHk_Tp3Bl1-YCHFfMMI9FqrUj75vDG2/s640/DSC_0059.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-48073876233056184392011-09-25T13:52:00.000-07:002011-09-25T14:28:16.615-07:00Grandpa's 87th Birthday<div style="text-align: center;">What do we do for Grandpa's 87th birthday? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, we head down to our grandparents property down in rural Southern Illinois,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">which was lovingly dubbed 'Neverrest Farm' by my mom when she was a kid.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We pile ten of us into our white, fifteen-passenger van to make the hour plus drive,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">having made sure that everyone has used the restroom and has shoes and socks on.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Once we get down there, everyone jumps out of the van and breathes in the cool, clean air -</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It feels so good to be away from a town or a city.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What do we do then?</div><div style="text-align: center;">We fish.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's a pond located on the property, with catfish swimming in the depths.</div><br />
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<div align="center">The little kids loved it... </div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> They caught quite a few fish over the course of the day...</div><br />
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<div align="center">And then, we chopped down trees.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">What?</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Chopped down trees?</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Yes. We chopped down trees.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Every year, our relatives from Georgia drive up for Grandpa's birthday.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">They don't get to come up a lot,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBsr8A3HcBBu4FtQ2Dj1QOVp6hHCkHwMCvWwR6bN96h0njqzzhp6-Ctr0JePHRz6BadYhqDm_APCO_ZxRVGIHqRs9LOvu-NCRkTPMcFJ2t3Ig3YAea2zJpLZPGI-kHM6VNQ6gVQonydXf_/s1600/DSC_0237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBsr8A3HcBBu4FtQ2Dj1QOVp6hHCkHwMCvWwR6bN96h0njqzzhp6-Ctr0JePHRz6BadYhqDm_APCO_ZxRVGIHqRs9LOvu-NCRkTPMcFJ2t3Ig3YAea2zJpLZPGI-kHM6VNQ6gVQonydXf_/s640/DSC_0237.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So they take advantage of the situation and use it to get work done.</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday, Grandpa. We love you. :)</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-83142477585994799392011-08-13T18:35:00.000-07:002011-08-13T18:35:15.965-07:00When I grow up,<div style="text-align: center;">I want an old, </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">red,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">with vines growing out of it</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll just be content with pictures.</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-52419989426774265952011-07-11T18:39:00.000-07:002011-08-13T18:41:04.769-07:00Nine months<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9q-bqxRoB9UCVAv75UqGnnJB7vUNaTRB3M1a_6WlrWcp98N0zRvU4Hiuo-O-P4lOuC4YtaQYjfPHdA_jrO4F_gzXZ8xJYjRgCLgePNzURkXhcCsHn_ElwMcNlduxZaOf3_DV_AqtuwoX/s1600/DSC_0137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9q-bqxRoB9UCVAv75UqGnnJB7vUNaTRB3M1a_6WlrWcp98N0zRvU4Hiuo-O-P4lOuC4YtaQYjfPHdA_jrO4F_gzXZ8xJYjRgCLgePNzURkXhcCsHn_ElwMcNlduxZaOf3_DV_AqtuwoX/s640/DSC_0137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrawl9_zTdwbB16cJFgXhsrmyLBKirh65XAQjoMlqvbzYGrDOUag2er_Xf_kek13Lu9xxJl5CgLBpH8VBxpAo2wR_NtNtua5EPvI_aQICJ-Cq4qL1TlInXo2iaoGAS2oQ6gqLlaI5MEuY/s1600/DSC_0167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrawl9_zTdwbB16cJFgXhsrmyLBKirh65XAQjoMlqvbzYGrDOUag2er_Xf_kek13Lu9xxJl5CgLBpH8VBxpAo2wR_NtNtua5EPvI_aQICJ-Cq4qL1TlInXo2iaoGAS2oQ6gqLlaI5MEuY/s640/DSC_0167.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu-sfoldvkJF4rfuOFPHJvJWARtuRUle19C_AChVNKjYnnKradDITV6wzrll60fmYx8GArstKMUn9vQH0BMCMvg8e1tC7tgvBe9S0zVyIGgqR8vSQlK4JL9jm52Xk8XIDqh_Xva7s02Jf/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSu-sfoldvkJF4rfuOFPHJvJWARtuRUle19C_AChVNKjYnnKradDITV6wzrll60fmYx8GArstKMUn9vQH0BMCMvg8e1tC7tgvBe9S0zVyIGgqR8vSQlK4JL9jm52Xk8XIDqh_Xva7s02Jf/s640/DSC_0042.JPG" width="427" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0j5ITdAJMjzytLDDV7ihyphenhyphenoTEQIrVcD8Y75oAJtJW2keDj0wjpkgLXVP0B4C3kuhhAmS9wdTSX3zvDezAHvo1MJ9D0pIAuA3XrA5GIxtHrgUWTh65psgCqWFAy8YiHOwAl7tvZsMqFn4E/s1600/DSC_0035.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0j5ITdAJMjzytLDDV7ihyphenhyphenoTEQIrVcD8Y75oAJtJW2keDj0wjpkgLXVP0B4C3kuhhAmS9wdTSX3zvDezAHvo1MJ9D0pIAuA3XrA5GIxtHrgUWTh65psgCqWFAy8YiHOwAl7tvZsMqFn4E/s640/DSC_0035.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-78106764759357185142011-03-20T16:07:00.000-07:002011-08-13T18:42:26.730-07:00This little guy...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa4VkVlmtrSLprDGv8ffpcVULzsdcO49rpsF_e2yWzkXWGq4RxrgRGuHEF3inbbfdW3uTNO_QiZzaGLgfSAiiqzZEiAzUE4UqZIzYrowPpM_DUBvASy0zxPsDKvtAD9E61-R8CTrZVEUO/s1600/DSC_0051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVa4VkVlmtrSLprDGv8ffpcVULzsdcO49rpsF_e2yWzkXWGq4RxrgRGuHEF3inbbfdW3uTNO_QiZzaGLgfSAiiqzZEiAzUE4UqZIzYrowPpM_DUBvASy0zxPsDKvtAD9E61-R8CTrZVEUO/s640/DSC_0051.JPG" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...makes me so happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I was dangling a candy cane above his head and laughing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as he stared, mesmerized by it.)</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is such a sweet baby. I adore him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Don't tell that to my other siblings. They might get jealous...;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He is so bright-eyed and excitable. He'll sit and grin for several minutes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then start loudly 'talking' to you.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He loves my younger sister's soft ducky stuffed animal. He'll sit and chew on it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Poor Ducky. Covered in slobber...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-21370294876299043712011-03-10T19:44:00.000-08:002011-03-11T09:18:57.554-08:00GiveawayMy friend, the wonderful <a href="http://onewomanfashionshow.blogspot.com/">Eva Bralitano</a>, is giving away a bracelet. A blog entry gets you two entries - so, I blogged about it! :) <a href="http://onewomanfashionshow.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-lea-designs.html">You should enter too.</a>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-80515396986413233652011-03-01T19:50:00.000-08:002011-08-13T18:43:15.742-07:00Methodist Temple Winter Retreat, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">This past weekend, my church, along with two others, got together for a spiritual retreat.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It was - well, amazing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn955iYECg425_BbtUReXHXAFEApOHF2bjhrDqgoZtbpOL7kQnGDSRO3truf2yEKMED9aPhSl6G3hSaVHVRKdTdsr5jz-iDcwt44l8lXeowimXu2dtJMKelW6c4MlQ4yY_W2jTRm007gv/s1600/DSC_0776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFn955iYECg425_BbtUReXHXAFEApOHF2bjhrDqgoZtbpOL7kQnGDSRO3truf2yEKMED9aPhSl6G3hSaVHVRKdTdsr5jz-iDcwt44l8lXeowimXu2dtJMKelW6c4MlQ4yY_W2jTRm007gv/s640/DSC_0776.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gabriel Joseph.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Four and a half months old. </div><div style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite photography subjects. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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(Despite the ever-present chiggers...:)</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8tyTjf9sZCaj5dpMgUjwS8ZUjpk4zPV7-BSKgtYG3e0k59J9UXFA_lwSvfGfDw98PrmfRny0uf7ybHLEOvhNptYgqb80C10aEnm_tn6dsH74_KgtLbUf98I6vsWLCAMjgcirk04qgiFd/s1600/insomnia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8tyTjf9sZCaj5dpMgUjwS8ZUjpk4zPV7-BSKgtYG3e0k59J9UXFA_lwSvfGfDw98PrmfRny0uf7ybHLEOvhNptYgqb80C10aEnm_tn6dsH74_KgtLbUf98I6vsWLCAMjgcirk04qgiFd/s640/insomnia.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though I'm a cold-weather gal, and am delighted everytime it snows, I still miss the gorgeous, colorful days of summer. (Despite the draining heat.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCMd92l6hirc1844VMQ9hFlNI0kKVjy2GfYLrMh9IELsC7cAb4-IEAhxQCPu7mMfI6p5oNXxpGBq6LrL1DUXz9m2jEJFOztlpu8FdccupIz_11ZWc74T5z_uOteMn880fNM42wbLSQQ0D/s1600/DSC_1329+%25282%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCMd92l6hirc1844VMQ9hFlNI0kKVjy2GfYLrMh9IELsC7cAb4-IEAhxQCPu7mMfI6p5oNXxpGBq6LrL1DUXz9m2jEJFOztlpu8FdccupIz_11ZWc74T5z_uOteMn880fNM42wbLSQQ0D/s640/DSC_1329+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Yes, I do realize that the pictures I'm including in this post really have... well, nothing to do with it. However, this would be pretty boring without any pictures.:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjzRO508dE60IsWUIHSzc21jYZXopPZpnKo4cYa2gCe7tb6YKpwttE0pPNvzbLaQR7NS31_awm7GxexEy3T24yqBBXYFaNKHEZRAN5graBbfGVtqBlM5boqmKpcgM0HGJujET8C25WKCa/s1600/x167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYjzRO508dE60IsWUIHSzc21jYZXopPZpnKo4cYa2gCe7tb6YKpwttE0pPNvzbLaQR7NS31_awm7GxexEy3T24yqBBXYFaNKHEZRAN5graBbfGVtqBlM5boqmKpcgM0HGJujET8C25WKCa/s640/x167.JPG" width="427" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I must admit that I'm looking forward to spring and summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsqob9N_3QwWrhZOsji0wOSIbybnGlQuCorhyphenhyphenYIEGyL3xtqkYibL38Nlt22eFJcRTkfGmCHsC6SeSg0QPPu_b_10ovwpEsCnD3Zu_5u-Lqr0dmK-7dpD_riACBwiCSzDn5oqYEtJMvJV0/s1600/DSC_0456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsqob9N_3QwWrhZOsji0wOSIbybnGlQuCorhyphenhyphenYIEGyL3xtqkYibL38Nlt22eFJcRTkfGmCHsC6SeSg0QPPu_b_10ovwpEsCnD3Zu_5u-Lqr0dmK-7dpD_riACBwiCSzDn5oqYEtJMvJV0/s640/DSC_0456.JPG" width="427" /></a></div>Emily Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07431885844300774551noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258465635551202751.post-18396776752559898272011-02-07T19:23:00.000-08:002011-08-13T18:44:11.121-07:00Grandma's House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvcEiix82oKTq8XF2vetvJP9AgbXGMMSyUplM1QwHJijCxG8cCrEQ4bnXeVplNQDDnF1du433DMcN-TO_eg333OxxHMdhJnPCIQPFMaJTTUdDSZ3L6J72tkOxcWhoP3qequGPPz4pNJk3/s1600/x13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvcEiix82oKTq8XF2vetvJP9AgbXGMMSyUplM1QwHJijCxG8cCrEQ4bnXeVplNQDDnF1du433DMcN-TO_eg333OxxHMdhJnPCIQPFMaJTTUdDSZ3L6J72tkOxcWhoP3qequGPPz4pNJk3/s640/x13.JPG" width="640" /> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Carved elephants,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Jnt8xGl-pP5PpGR_nRNIcl1T9AADkSRgnvfn0hTlFv9nxpsFBsvSgW7WERU7ioSZyFxwLcfVdHbMawgJGNAoSRUC2KVH7gPFAc735fyY3nocW-wBmcUVuM4D8QuMgLA7BQAr_9FZUsPz/s1600/x21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Jnt8xGl-pP5PpGR_nRNIcl1T9AADkSRgnvfn0hTlFv9nxpsFBsvSgW7WERU7ioSZyFxwLcfVdHbMawgJGNAoSRUC2KVH7gPFAc735fyY3nocW-wBmcUVuM4D8QuMgLA7BQAr_9FZUsPz/s640/x21.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">He's fallen desperately in love with my younger sister's doll, Pajamas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUAwbd_IMDfU4iMY8rPbaXSHm18I9dV0IsgGXazepaIqE6LORvBrzP-owN4cFhYEtb_sVpOk0k613Ep5ap1GScVAVv8q_13EZci0s_byvFfT4AJtUfuxshULGQUVt-sJNhzkO2e6HurKR/s1600/DSC_2034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfUAwbd_IMDfU4iMY8rPbaXSHm18I9dV0IsgGXazepaIqE6LORvBrzP-owN4cFhYEtb_sVpOk0k613Ep5ap1GScVAVv8q_13EZci0s_byvFfT4AJtUfuxshULGQUVt-sJNhzkO2e6HurKR/s640/DSC_2034.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> ...Or, maybe it's just the bright red color of her dress.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">(For more pictures occasionally, visit my mom's blog over at <a href="http://www.seekingfaithfulnessblog.blogspot.com/">Seeking Faithfulness. :)</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Of over two years of appointments, faithful wearing of orthodontic bands, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: small;">(If you're wondering, the brand of the guitar is Lyon, it's a lightweight acoustic guitar with a built-in tuner. )</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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