Published on
July 25, 2007 in
Katie.
Tonight, I was putting Katie in bed and I asked her to say her prayers. She closed her eyes and was silent for a few seconds. Again, I said “Katie, say your prayers.” She said “Wait. God is saying his prayers to me right now.” I said “He is? What is he saying?” She said this:
“Lord, Katie. I love you soo much. Someday I’m not going to disappear anymore and I’m going to come into your house and see you. I love you Katie, Amen.”
Word for word. There’s nothing like a child’s imagination to remind us why we’re here.
Once a week, I get to research images online to find the perfect picture for the cover of our church bulletin to fit with my pastor’s sermon. I often come across some really amazing photographs bringing all types of emotion. One week literally brought tears to my eyes as I stumbled upon a photograph taken by a photojournalist in the Sudan back in 1993. His name was Kevin Carter and the image is of a starving girl being stalked by a vulture. He won the Pulitzer Prize for this photo. Later, the affect of the tragedies he witnessed through his many years of photojournalism drove him to suicide. Imagine taking a photo like this one, then walking away and leaving the girl there to die. A documentary has been made on the death of Kevin Carter, but it’s not yet released on DVD. I plan to watch it when it is.
On a lighter note. Last week I found this site called Chromasia. This man is an amazing photographer from England. There’s no point for me to try to explain, just click below.
www.chromasia.com
I definitely want to learn more about photography. Taking pictures is a happy time for me. There’s something extremely fulfilling about capturing moments in time that you’ll never experience again.
