On the afternoon of Sarah’s prom, I was up in her room taking a few pictures as she and Taylor finished getting ready. In the midst of our conversation Taylor suddenly said, “Oh, I just remembered! I left my corsage at my house; I’ll have to run back and get it.”
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Before Sarah’s prom last week, her friend Taylor came over to set her hair. When she was done, Sarah unearthed an old bandanna and wore it over the pin curls for several hours.
Yesterday I had to drive to Greenville for a lung x-ray and pulmonology appointent. I left quite a bit earlier than I needed to so that I could take some photo detours.
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As promised, today’s post features some prom pictures of a certain favorite daughter of ours.
The prom prep started about 3 pm last Saturday with the arrival of Taylor who came early to assist Sarah with hair and make up–since I am not at all gifted in those areas.
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I’m always on the lookout for lovely places to photograph so I was immediately intrigued when a friend told me that a new walking path had just been completed in Manteo. And when she mentioned the fact that it ended out over the water, I was hooked! Water is my love language when it comes to taking pictures.
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This Saturday is the prom at Sarah’s High School. She hadn’t planned to attend and I really wasn’t all that gung-ho about her going since I’ve heard more than a few wild stories from prom-goers over the years.
Today’s post is a favorite (rewritten and improved) classic from the archives.
November 2008
Yesterday as I was gathering some things to take to a consignment store, I came across some of Sarah’s special dresses–those little velvet, swishy dresses she wore when she was still young enough to be called a little girl.
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Wednesday’s post about a car reminded me of a video in my archives that features Steve telling a funny car story. I thought I had posted it already, but it turns out I haven’t. So today is your lucky day!
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Although Sarah doesn’t yet have her driver’s license, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t enjoy perusing cars in the area and thinking about which one she might want to eventually buy.
This car came to her attention a few days ago.
Running . . . toward trauma.
Do you know what struck me the most about the images coming out of Boston after the blast? It was the divergent directions in which people ran after the first explosion.
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Saturday was such a gorgeous spring day that Steve, Sarah and I decided to hop in the car and go riding. We ended up at Pea Island Wildlife Refuge, which is about 20 minutes from our house.
Two years ago . . .
A dozen guys from a local rehab center called Dare Challenge joined us for Thanksgiving Dinner at our home. (I wrote about the two Thanksgivings we hosted for them here and here.)
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