Living In the Moment

Photography by Kristine  Another Year Coffee mornings & wine nights Kid-like highs & heartbreaking lows Many conversations & great belly laughs Family moments & lasting memories  Enjoyable movies & page turning books Unexpected moments & baffling disappointments Different hopes & revised dreams Wide smiles & lifelong tears Adapting to new schedules & late dinners Busy days & quieter evenings  Dec 2017 

Photography by Kristine ~2016~ Taking a look back on this past year had me thinking of what it consisted of.  I thought I would create a list of "Highlights" ... - Birthday Get-Togethers - Football Games  - Some Online Creative Courses Taken - Holiday Parties - New Routines - Memorable Photography - Made New Friends - Sickness and Loss  - Laughter From The Littles In Our Family - Took a Great Family Vacation   - Home Repairs My next writing will be in the 2017 ...  Have you chosen your "Word Of The Year" yet? I will be sharing my chosen word in an upcoming post.  Happy New Year To All My Family & Friends -- Much Love 

My Original Photography AUTUMN AWAITS Sitting here  Taking in thoughts  Yesterday Today Tomorrow  Knowing what matters Where my heart needs to be A new season awaits My favorite of all  Staying grounded  Asking for strength Finding my way  Remembering where I came from  Awaiting a New Year  Anxious to see what it has to offer  Kristine Dubuque Ortega 09/21/2016

Original Photography by Kristine MUDDY WATERS As I sat Thoughts of days gone by Have I made the wrong choice? Did I muddy the waters, and disrupt the natural flow Should I have been more patient Or was the timing right? Feeling lost I gathered my worry and continued on In hopes of a sign One that would be so bright, there would be no mistaking it Wanting more Or needing less A fine line That lingers in the air Slowing disappearing Until tomorrow The next day And the day after that Kristine Dubuque Ortega 06/26/2016