bymelissabrooks

Sometimes

byMelissaBrooks — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:31:41 +0000

The best thing you can do is go for a walk. Barefoot. In the pajamas you’ve worn all day. Sit on the sidewalk. Stretch your feet to the street. Feel the ground that is usually fleeting. Listen to the tree frogs.
Thank God its nice outside.

Photo Shoot Wednesday!

byMelissaBrooks — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:46:18 +0000

Now that I have worked out my issues with WordPress (which were really issues with my outdated laptop, as it turns out) I am back!
I have been working with my good friend, Alex, getting in some hours of photography. Wednesdays are our thing. Today, however, we won’t be able to meet. So, to keep up with this new tradition of dedicating this day to practicing my skills, I am turning to my niece, who is almost 2. She makes a very unstable, yet enticing subject! It’s that considerate, adventurous personality of hers, busting at the seams…Photos to follow!

Quote of the Week…or so I thought

byMelissaBrooks — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:24:21 +0000

“What I great way to post regularly,” I thought. “An excuse to share my passion for quotes,” I thought. “This will help motivate me, open the doors to more topics, good blogging habits,” I thought. Until that one day there is a glitch with WordPress (clearly, because it couldn’t possibly have been me clicking the “publish” button incorrectly, right?!) and I can’t share my weekly quote. Then, I’m frustrated. So, I decide to leave it alone for a few days, certain that all will be right and my faith will be restored by then. A few days later I open my laptop, I’m ready to go…aaaaannnndddd NOTHING. I can’t even get to my dashboard. At this point I’m convinced its my laptop, I’m beyond frustrated and I give up, for this week. The next thing I know, its been a month and I’m back where I’ve started! Aaaanyways, that explains my lack of weekly quotes, but I’m still here and I’m going to get back on track!

Quote of the Week

byMelissaBrooks — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:50:01 +0000

“See, you don’t have to think about doing the right thing. If you’re for the right thing, then you will do it without thinking.”
-Maya Angelou

Quote of the Week 9/17 to 9/23

byMelissaBrooks — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:02:26 +0000

“But everybody thinks
That everybody knows
About everybody else
Nobody knows
Anything about themselves
Cause their all worried about everybody else
Yea”
-Jack Johnson, Wasting Time

Listen to Jack Johnson. Think about what’s really important. Relax. Take pictures. Be happy.

I’m Walking to End Alzheimers!!

byMelissaBrooks — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:17:13 +0000

I’m Walking to End Alzheimers!!

Please visit my personal Walk to End Alzheimers page to learn why I am walking. You will also be able to show your support by donating. I need help and will be very grateful to all who are able.

Thank you!
Melissa

Quote of the Week!

byMelissaBrooks — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:55:26 +0000

“Always do your best. What you plant now you will harvest later.”
-Og Mandino

Not the most thought provoking, but I thought it was appropriate since I finally trimmed, root jarred, and potted my plants (that’s right I’m growing celery – thanks 17apart).

Quote of the Week…for Last Week

byMelissaBrooks — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:46:28 +0000

What can I say, I’m chronically late and everyone who knows me knows it.

This quote is one of my very favorites. I have found myself referring to it in times of trouble, as reminder to take the higher road; As a reminder that in the end I only have to answer for myself, for what is in my own heart.

“I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him”
-Booker T. Washington

Photos From Guatemala in May

byMelissaBrooks — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 18:07:24 +0000

Better late than never? In May, I went to visit one of my greatest friends, Mildred (Millie) in Guatemala. I took, of course, a million and one pictures. Finally, I have sorted through them and loaded them up to share. They can be seen ……here!

Quote of the Week

byMelissaBrooks — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:13:49 +0000

“Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally” -Eckhart Tolle