Week 13: Words to Describe ME (Member Photos)
- Apr 4, 2016
- 5 min read
Adriana Meixner - I think it's hard for people to think of themselves in a positive light but words like hardworker, fighter, and go-getter first came to mind. In the end I chose loyal because it is at the very core of everything I do. The world is messy and there are many challenges and uncertainty but my loyalty to my friends, my work and most of all my family never waivers. Adriana Meixner Photography
Emily Ingalls - Nerd. I love learning, reading, having an intellectual conversations. I have 2 Masters degrees. I decided to go back and get my second because my job wasn't intellectually stimulating enough, and I was bored out of my mind. With photography, I always feel like there is something else to learn and to push me. Once I get bored, I'm done with stuff. I'm constantly looking for new things to learn and do because I love it. I'm a total nerd and proud of it! Emily Ingalls Photography
Aubrey Dettmer - I used to be an optimist. And then I became a grown up and had to do things like adult every day and pay bills and worry about chronic diseases or the best school for my kids. So I became a pessimist one day, I'm not sure when or how. But really, if I am honest with myself, I am just plain BLESSED. And maybe if each day I look at my life, truly and honestly, for all of its blessings, I will return to my optimistic self, because I really think I can make the choice between pessimist or optimist. I am blessed beyond measure for the husband who gets up in the night to help me take care of the baby and rocks her for hours in her nursery. I am blessed beyond measure for the two healthy and beautiful children I never thought I could have. I am blessed beyond measure for family and friends, to have traveled around the world, to have a home and clothes and food and running water. I am blessed each and every day, no matter what happens on any given day. These blessings are in front of me daily, if I can just remove the fog before my eyes and see them. Applewood Photography
Eboni Rivera - Different. I've always been different. It's neither a bad characteristic or good, it's just - well, different… and I like it. The box is something that I'm constantly fighting to think outside of. If everyone goes left, I go right just for the sake of not wanting to follow others. I like being uniquely me. Marching to the beat of my own drum. Making the rules up to fit my creativity. Today I decided to make my hair blue. Why? Because today I wanted to support the Autism Speaks Light It Up Blue campaign. Why else? Because I'm not afraid to look or embrace this word that describes me -- different. Yes that's ME. Luxe Art Images
Chelle Deskeere - A word to describe me: REFLECTIVE. This choice word is multi-faceted, smothered in different meanings. A bit cheesy, sure. On point, yes! I wasn't going to do the photo assignment this week, but this happened so spur of the moment. I walked outside to grab my son's tablet from the car, turned around and saw him licking the window as he waited patiently. I dropped in the grass laughing like a silly hyena. Two young teenagers who were outside talking across the street dashed back indoors. They must have thought I finally snapped. Years ago I would've cared what they thought. Not anymore. My little family of boys...That's My life, what I care about, what guides my thoughts, my actions, my prayers. I savor the silly moments, the tender ones, the crazy ones. Sometimes I'm the laughing hyena, sometimes I'm the deep thinker, smothered in thought like the chocolate lab (Charley Barkley), and sometimes I'm the one licking the window. Reflective, multi-faceted, and complete.
Jen Ostler - I asked my husband for one word to describe me, and he said "gypsy", and then "adventurous". I was pleased that he chose the same words that I would choose for myself. I knew I would live in Alaska when I was growing up in Oregon at the age of 11. I learned to fly a plane before I drove a car, and got my pilot's license at 18. I fueled helicopters and SEAT planes while they were running. I was fighting wildfires for the forest service at 19. I climbed mountains and went backpacking alone. At 20 I was in Alaska, flying in helicopters to remote locations on long expeditions. I lived along the Yukon River. I guided people on glaciers. When my jobs became more tame, I turned to biking long distances, alone, in the middle of the night. Long road trips with my husband. Visiting foreign countries. I then chose stressful jobs because I liked the adrenaline. And then, age 31, I had a baby. We took him camping for the first time at six months old, to an area without cell service, where few other people were, where a grizzly wandered thru camp. Adventure is my life and I now I live to teach my son about how exciting life can be.
Rosana Niven - Words to describe me ‖ Devoted I am a mother of four, a wife of one amazing man for 14 years, an engineer, a teacher, and a life juggler. We have two daughters and also two sons in the middle with high functioning Autism. We have changed our entire lives, my career and our outlook to meet their needs and fiercely love the boys. My youngest daughter is ever my baby despite her rapidly looming 5th birthday. I need these tight cuddles sometimes to remind me that those I am devoted to are likewise devoted to me. Life is messy, but love is all.
Vivien Stembridge - Insufficient.It's the word I battle with all the time. I'm not enough. Too weird. Too different. Nobody likes me. I wish I was prettier. Smarter. Kinder. More patient. I'm not enough.
Sara Lowing-Wright - Word to describe me: Body Conscious. Sadly, this is true. I will start off by saying this by no means defines me, but when I was thinking about what is a big part of my life and describes me, within me...this is a big part. Other people wouldn't know this. But it has been in the forefront of my mind since I was 15. Since becoming a mother I haven't taken any unhealthy actions as being healthy for my children is of utmost importance. I am like a switch that could be flipped in the wrong direction at any moment. Balance with this issue has alluded me. Doing this project I inadvertently saw my weight (which obviously is what happens when you stand on a scale lol, but I was only thinking of the image, not functionality) and now I have to deal with the repercussions that will come along with knowing that number
Jenny Parker - My negative word: IMPATIENT! I am so impatient. I do not know where it comes from. My parents both seem like the most patient people in the world. Maybe I just subconsciously wanted to defy them somehow. But I am a work in progress and having my son has certainly given me the opportunity to work on this part of myself every single day. Most days, I get a gold star in the patient department; those others, well, I just tell myself at the end of the day, I'll try to be better tomorrow. I feel certain having the second one will give me twice the chance to work on it...
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