all that i am...

founded February 5, 2009     
The Feast of St. Agatha... 
and this is her prayer
         Lord of all things
         you see my heart
         you know my desires
         possess all that i am
the day I began writing this 'blog'
this appeared on my flickr...by Sisi
All that I am, all that I do, all that I ever am, I offer to You.

allisondegeorge@gmail.com

I never thought 'fifty' would be the word I would use to describe myself

I never imagined
'wild and wonderful' West Virgina

would be where we'd raise our family either

but here we are
in our wild and wonderful
home, sweet home

50 seems to represent
all that has come and gone

and yet all
that is still to come

I am not a writer, or a photographer

I did graduate from art school, many moons ago...
I used to be an artist...

I have journaled since I was 10

and have taken a whole lifetime's worth of photographs

I am a wife and a mother

I volunteer with hospice and at the local general hospital

I love the life I live
and see beauty in the ordinary that surrounds me

I have been brought to tears many times this month
as I've wandered through this blog world

that I've stumbled into

I have been moved by beauty, by simplicity, and by complexity

It has opened my eyes to see even more than I saw before
The spirit in me says "the things which are seen are only temporary"

so I try to keep my eyes looking forward
to the things "not seen

the things which are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18)

but most of the time what surrounds me
seems so much more real
even if it is on a computer screen!?!


on 'all that i am's' first anniversary this little guy was born