some images from today

• picnic mat laid out, ready for a sitting soon-to-be birthday girl, ready to pamper and enjoy a day free from all our separate problems and lives (do you realise?) hours in the sunshine, sunset in my favorite ride
• when shrimp doesn't know what to say and is silent, it's her best way of expressing her happiness
• jon punching the air walking into the golden sunshine with the sunlight flare over his top hat in suspenders and a bow tie
• the weight of us three creaking the swing in slow motion, talking about singapore, travelling, home where the heart is, our parents and family, all things that matter to us most
• opening a red girl guides tin that is the sweetest thing i have ever received in my life
• my daddy enjoyed the bourne identity, i think

many other images,

there are many people today, many things

not many many, but just those that matter, you know?

reinforced, fortified, a stronger iron base

somewhere deep and quiet beneath my heart

yes, it's a fine line between the darkness and the light

i choose a slow plod towards strength rather than a tenuous hollow cover

it's the challenge to be myself for the people i love