My Thoughts

You were the one who has the power to make your life what you want it to be. Even when storms over take you and the rain pours down and seems to wash away any hope or dream that you have, you are the one who has the power to find the rainbow at the end of the storm cloud. When others make you feel small and they laugh at your ideas or at your dreams, you are the one who has the power to turn their words around and find your way by your own standards. You can choose right now to look at everything with anger, hurt or sadness;  or instead you can choose to look at the world for what it could be; and you have the power to make that ideal image a reality for yourself. Everyone struggles; everyone has fear and pain. The difference between those you think are better off than you and yourself is that those you feel are better off than you have learned to take control of their fear and their anger and their pain and make something positive out of them. It is your crit...

My favorite shows growing up where "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie".  I honestly believe that stored somewhere in our DNA are collective memories from those who came before us, and as I have worked on documenting the lives of my 2nd great grandmothers, I find myself reflecting back to these two shows very often.  The time frame for these women falls roughly between 1850 - 1950. Sitting here drinking my coffee out of the "MOM" mug Whitney gave me for Mother's Day last year, my emotions dance back and forth to a melody of long ago voices that only I seem to hear.  It is almost as though each of these women is sitting here at this table with me sharing coffee and memories.  I am multitasking too, browsing through pinterest and searching for summer dress patterns.  I think about where women are today..........the opportunities and privileges. I think often to one of the last conversations I had with my dad, GW Slayton.  He was angry and ...