Happy New Year

i can say this last year was truly one of the best years of my life. i got married to the man of my dreams in Kauai on april 21st. it was a day i will never forget. just the two of us and our families. perfect. thank you also to Stewart Pinsky, our wedding photographer who took such incredible pictures.

i also started pursuing all my passions in this photography business, dream. photography. ,with my sister. this is where our hearts has been for many years and now that chance to grow the business together.
really it never rains but it pours and i have been so blessed.

it's not that this year didn't hold it's trails and struggles but it was thur those struggles too that made me who i am today. i was reading a story the other day, something that i felt i could really relate to.

it was a story about a man that was taken by the process of a cocoon to a butterfly. watching the butterfly struggle to get out of that cocoon, he took a knife to slice the cocoon open. he felt by doing that, that he would free the butterfly from so much hassle. but once the butterfly was freed, the butterfly never flew. this man later learned that the struggle that a butterfly faces on it's way out of the cocoon gives it the strength it needs to fly. we are like that too. we never know what it ahead, but the struggles we face sometimes prepare us to fly, so to speak.
never be afraid of a storm. there is always a beautiful rainbow after.

This year my goal is to love more. to really pour my heart into the things that matter most.
God, my husband, my family and friends.
there is a lot out there in this age, to grab our attention and take our time. social circles, hobbies, work, toys, just things, they are everywhere. it's not that they are such awful things either, but it they are taking the place of those things that matter most in our lives then they do not have the right priority.
life it short.
how are we going to spend each day we have a choice you know
i am going to try to ask myself that question everyday when i awake. that will help me stay focused.
alot is accomplished step by step and day by day.

well i should sign off, but i will post again soon.
there's always lots to write about ;)

a sak

p.s. i've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words.