Hello!  Welcome and thank you for visiting my blog! I want to introduce myself to you… I’m Carole.  With a lifelong love for writing as well as a love for photography, I bring my words and pictures to a special place where I hope people will visit. And this is it! I’m so glad you’re here!

A mother of two lovely grown and married daughters, the wife of a wonderful man who is also the father of my children, a grandmother of six beautiful grandchildren, a former educator and wearer of a variety of different hats through the years, I  choose to celebrate the positive moments in life. My words and pictures are an expression of the appreciation I have for the beauty that I see, hear and feel all around me. I strive to help create a positive attitude and focus on finding and appreciating the special beauty in every day moments. We can all find it… if we will just open our minds and hearts and take notice!  Life goes by pretty quickly, and often times we can miss the wonderful, special moments because we are so focused on so many other issues that are going on in our lives… We all do this! We’re human, after all! Most of us have experienced not-so-positive times in our lives… times we’d prefer to forget! As I’ve reached a more “seasoned” period in my life, I’ve been able to filter out many of the negative thoughts and focus on the positives of life. There are times, of course, when I struggle with the negatives as well… It’s life, after all! Life isn’t perfect, and certainly, neither am I… Yet somehow, I find that I am now able to notice wonderful things I hadn’t really noticed before. I now count my blessings with more passion, I love more deeply and cherish the love of my family and friends more fervently, I have more compassion for others,  I hear more and see more of the beauty around me and more fully appreciate the wonder of God’s creation.

Through my writing and photography and my attempt to capture beautiful images on film and put positive thoughts and reflections into words, I find that I, myself, become more inspired and more appreciative of so much more of the goodness of life. I hope that I can clearly convey my heartfelt messages and perhaps help inspire others to appreciate the special moments and beauty in their own lives more fully. For me, writing and taking photos of beautiful things has become a labor of love. It is very meaningful for me… It is my hope that, even if it is just in some small way, I shall help you to listen, see, feel and appreciate the wonder of each moment in your own life… I believe that our spirits become enriched and our lives have more meaning when we allow ourselves to find and appreciate that special beauty.

I shall share some thoughts and inspirations from my own experiences, but would also welcome thoughts and experiences from others who would like to share. Please join me – come listen with me, come see, come feel, come laugh, come experience…

Thank you,  Carole Carter