This blog has been a part of my life for several years now, and I have to admit, I’m wondering if I should be trying to maintain it. I believe that the purpose of a blog is to “dialog”… not just to “monolog”. I have put ideas and images out there for years, and I have only received a small few comments from anyone who might be reading out there. For the past few months I have really been wondering if anyone is even out there. Is anyone interested in what I’m posting? So out of pure curiosity, I decided to embed a hit counter into my blog. Over the past week, I have received thousands of hits. That means that there are people coming to see what I have posted. But still, very few comments.
So what do I do?
How do I make this blog more of a “dialog”? How do I get people to leave comments?
I will mull over those questions for a while, and see what I can come up with. If you are reading this, and you have an idea, I’d love to hear it. Leave me a comment!
In the meanwhile, I figured I’d put it all out there. If you are someone who knows me personally, than you may already know this, but if not, I’d like to let you all know a little bit more “About Me”!
I am a wife, mother, teacher, friend, Christian and often frustrated photographer. My husband and I live in San Diego, CA with our 3.5 children… the .5 is because we have joint custody of my 12 year old step-son, and he is only with us part time. So I suppose I should add “step-mom” to the above list too!
I have a couple of pieces of paper to prove that I went to college, one in Psychology and the other in Education. I guess that, and a couple bucks, can buy me a cup of coffee:-)
After college I worked in youth ministry with high school students for a couple years. Then I got ants in my pants and wanted to explore the world a bit… so of course I became a flight attendant for American Airlines. That adventure landed me in New York City for a little while. I even had a few ladies nights out at the “Windows to the World” bar at the top of the World Trade Center, prior to 911, and saw my fill of Broadway shows.
After flying around the country for few years, I decided that serving food and drinks to people and dealing with people’s drama, wasn’t what I wanted to do with this one life that I’ve been blessed with. So I went back to school to get my teaching credential and MA. I figured that impacting the life of a child for the good, was a great way to really make a difference. I also figured that the schedule would be great for the family life that I hoped to have some day.
A few short years later I got married and started a family. I continued to believe that positively influencing children’s lives is the most important thing… especially my own children. I was blessed to stay home through my second pregnancy and the first year of my middle daughter’s life, which proved to be very necessary… because she was born with a life threatening heart defect. During those years at home, nurturing my beautiful girls, I discovered the passion within my heart… to take pictures-to celebrate life, to capture the special and not so special moments. My passion started attracting attention and so I decided to start my own business. But photography didn’t pay the bills, so when our financial position changed, I had to go back to work outside the home. Thank God for those pieces of paper I mentioned earlier!
Nine months a year I am a full time elementary teacher and all year long, I am a frustrated photographer. Frustrated because I just can’t find enough time beyond my responsibilities to give to my passion.
I walk the tight rope, I balance all the responsibilities. Just like everyone else.
I love family!
I love looking at my own family in photographs, remembering… the good, especially when things feel all gloomy and crummy. Which admittedly, happens sometimes. I also love capturing the love and real life of other families so that they can look back and remember too!
Everyday, I try to look for the beauty, the thing I want to remember, the relationship, the look, the smile… that makes each day good. I believe that each and every day there is some beauty, some good, something to be remembered. Something REAL!
Something worth photographing. (although my own real life gets in the way and I don’t always find time to take those pictures)
My life, most recently, has become increasingly consumed with the precious new addition to our family. My 4th, and youngest, was born at the end of May. I spend long moments just staring at him, wondering what he is going to be like. I love being a mom, I love- the love that I feel! The deep down, rip my heart out, I don’t ever want anything bad to happen, I’d do anything for- kind of love that I feel as a mom.
Speaking of my littlest, I think I hear him stirring from his slumber. Gotta go! I’ll leave you with a few snapshots of him from the other day, (using a timer) because a post is not much fun without pictures.
Blessings,
Katrina
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