Catalyst eighty eight is: What’s the best relationship you’ve had so far? It can be a romantic one, a family member, or a friendship. Why is it so special?
Here’s my journaling
These three men in my life have taught me what it means to love and to be loved. They are the reason I wake up in the morning and the reason I go to bed at night and feel happy and blessed every moment in between. Until I met Jake I didn’t know what it meant to be with someone who can love me just the way I am and who can make me feel whole. Until I had my boys, I didn’t know what it meant to love so much that it pysically hurt my heart. These men make me feel whole. They make me feel thankful and blessed and lucky. So so lucky.
I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I am not taking it for granted for one single moment. I hold them and kiss them and hug them as many times a day I can. Thank you, my boys.
All of the beautiful digital elements here are by Anna Aspnes.
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 Extremely tired this weekend. Beyond words.
 I now sell some of these tags in my etsy store. If there’s a tag you like and are interested in, email me or leave a comment and I’ll be happy to add it.
 We also played with stamps and played games and hugged and chatted with my mom and dad over Skype for a long time. Good day. I spent the day making my very first Etsy journal (thank you Karla, you’re awesome!) and it was so much fun. I’ve also been reading my book of the week and am more than halfway through. I still have a lot of todo items on my list but I am feeling at peace with it all.
 Long and a bit of a dreadful week. Here’s to next week being better. Happy weekend. Today’s video starts our several-week-long lens videos. We start with the discussion on zoom lenses vs fixed lenses. Hope you like it. Feel free to let me know if anything is unclear or if you have questions. Next week is more lenses. Photography Tips is a weekly feature and is posted every Friday. You can find all of them here.
 And here he looks just like me when I was a baby. It’s really odd to have a kid who looks like you. Never had that before.  David’s been totally addicted to playing games on my iPhone and honestly I don’t think it’s terrible to let him play. Especially since he wrote every one of the letters of the alphabet yesterday. I am so proud of him.  Semi-productive day today. I did finish my tag but it was already too dark to take a photo so it’s coming tomorrow.
 David laughed and laughed.  And so did Nathaniel. He was even giggling watching his brother entertain him.  This is also from yesterday, while I was chatting with my sister, I told her I had to go to the bathroom so could she please watch Nathaniel. I think she did a great job, all the way from Turkey.  And Nathaniel really loves eating that phone.  It’s that or the laptop, so we’ve compromised.  A lot of photos but too tired for words. Happy Wednesday. This week’s download is a set of numbers designed for those of you doing Ali Edwards’ December Daily. (I am doing it, too!) Here are some examples of what’s in there:  You can also use the trees like a layered template like this:  You can download it here: tree dates set download. You are welcome to play with these as much as you want and use them anywhere you’d like. You are NOT allowed to sell them ever. You don’t have to but I’d appreciate a link back if you do use them. This is part of a weekly digital download series. They are posted every Wednesday. You can find all of the ones that were posted here.
 It took him seconds to get going.  He only stopped to watch his brother.  Who gave him his daily kiss and a hug before we left to go back home.  How can one not be thankful for this life? I’ve been worrying about work and not being as productive as I’d like lately but yet yesterday a workmate said some wonderfully appreciative words to me and I felt so thankful that I saved them so I could go back and look next time I felt insecure. And today he did something even nicer. It’s nice to feel appreciated. If there’s someone you’re appreciating, make sure to tell them. You never know, you might make their day. He sure made mine.
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I am a huge John Irving fan. I’ve read almost every single novel he wrote. Like most of his other fans, I’m sure, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Cider House Rules, and The World According to Garp top my list of favorites. And if I were being completely honest, I’d also say that I didn’t like The Fourth Hand at all. It just wasn’t up to Irving’s amazing caliber.
