Oh no. I look incredible.

 It's January 3rd, 2022, I have no real time to do a lengthy blog, but 2021 was a magnificent year for me, and I am truly grateful to be able to say as much. My oldest daughter is in my life again, something I am weepily thankful for every single day, my youngest is handling finding herself in the most wonderfully joyful way possible, Derek is happy in his wood shop, and I am reading for leisure again and hoping that I can keep up the pace. 

I wanted to dump out all of my favorite shots from this year, because I didn't do a lot of blogging. I still love blogging, but I don't need as much release. I used blogging as a bit of a crutch, and I've gotten much better at expressing myself over the last few years, so blogging is something that's fun to do, but not a necessity anymore. 

Anyway, I will not include real estate shoots I did this year, even though some of them were worthy of being on my end of the year favorites list. I'm just going to do shots I look of people this year, and maybe some places, even though, being fully honest, I have not fully edited my shots from my NOLA trip, or my NC trip. Yikes. 

Derek/I did take the lasts photo at the family reunion. While we have been EXCEPTIONALLY reluctant to participate in large gatherings like this one with the family, we made an exception, as everyone who attended was vaccinated, and most importantly, it was the very first time I got to see my oldest daughter since she was a little over a year and a half old. She's standing right between me and Derek, and she is the best addition to my life. Being able to be her mom in even the smallest measure is the most joyful thing, and I am thrilled by it every single day. 

I want to post stories about all of these photos, because there are definitely stories to tell with all of them. Hopefully I will come back here and edit them in the near future, but for now, there are my favorite (edited-ish) images from 2021. The ones I took on my cell phone will hopefully come another day, because there are a lot of great memories on my cell, too.