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LOST? Not really.

Picture THIS: Mum, Dad, an adorable one-year-old daughter with piercing blue eyes, just like her mother.

In this photo the water is blue.

Or is it Green?

Does the color really matter?

Even with my vision, I do not know.

 Serendipity brought us together. The mum called me over and asked me to join them.  This mum’s story, which again, I have permission to share, touched my heart. She heard my voice, now I will share her voice through visual-text.

LOST > FOUND > PICTURE THIS…

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Art by: JOEY

“Being lost has very little to do with your vision.”

The mum and I were talking about her daughter, she said “I almost died giving birth to her, you know? I even had three miscarriages before I had her, she is a miracle”.  I was humbled to meet someone that would say all of that in one sentence with a smile on their face.  She was also in her 7th year, since her diagnosis of MS (Multiple Sclerosis).

She is a photographer, that physically had ‘lost’ her vision, but she has certainly not lost herself along the way or her desire to create art

One day we were having lunch by the sea. She smiled at me and told me to come closer to her. We had been talking for a few days, but she had never really seen me. Everything in her vision in the distance appears like a “Monet Painting.” She can only see a clearer vision from a range of 3 inches from her face. My emotions started to swell, she could not see I was crying, but she could feel it.

She stopped me and Said, “Enough of that Christopher, I’ve shed enough tears for both us”. Then she said “I am not a victim, I am here with you, my husband, daughter, and I am still alive. She said, “I may have lost my vision, I may not see you Christopher, but I will remember your voice.”

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Work Should never be a “Chore.”

I want to share with you a “story.”

When I had a job, I hated when the alarm clock sounded. Getting ready in the morning was such a chore, it was my least favorite part of the day. Once I was dressed, out the door, and at work, I felt better. I may have been clean-shaven, had a smile on my face, but I was not happy. I was stuck in fear.

My passion of helping others in crisis, became a “Chore.”

My mother has always told me that I could do and be anything you want to be. God has blessed me with many talents. I am grateful that I longer waste my abilities or give them away anymore to a “chore.”  Today, I enjoy shaving and exploring anything but a routine task.

Definition: Chore
noun
A routine task, especially a household one.
Synonyms: work, job, duty, errand; More
an unpleasant but necessary task.
“he sees interviews as a chore.”

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True Self

Art by JOEY.

31 days of writing about my past travel experience daily, sounds to me like a chore. I will commit to writing daily.  I’ve lived in the past long enough. I will let creativity freely flow, not create and control it.