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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've been sitting on the fence for quite somtime about Kelle Hamptons Blog...I read it regularly and look  forward to seeing what photos and and thoughts and personal takes on life she has choosen to share with the world on her blog.

I enjoy her photos and her optimisum, and find her refreshing when I let the daily grind of life and its stresses get me down. However, my little green eyed monster does rear it's ugly head frm time to time (as my life situation is very diff from hers)  and I find myself wishing I had what she has... and wonder if her blog actually makes me feel worse... subconciously compairing her house, her husband, her money, her career, her creativity with mine (or the lack of).

However I too have a beautiful wee person in my life...and I can't find the words to describe who much joy he brings (there are alot of hard times also,  he doesn't like to sleep...or eat much which is  a daily battle)...and what I find so special is that Kelle Hampton comes very  close with her words and her photos in capturing and how I feel about my wee boy.

She has a gift for writting and taking beautiful photos, she can catch a wee exspression on her daughters face - that I can see in my own wee boy that i wish i could save, or she can take  a photo of the amasing light that you find somtimes which just eluminates and makes even the dullest of spaces look magic and the back it up with words that could never find, but feel.

She chooses to these with the world, and I'm greatful for that; it's HER creative outlet (and i don't think it has any things to do with ego, sure she liketo take photos of herself, but so would I if I looked that good on camera!) and it helps me to remember to 'enjoying the little things'...if you have read her blog in depth, she does ind declaire that she is aware she wears 'rose tinted glasses' - she assures the readers from time to time that not everthing in her life is perfect and somtimes writes about the not so good times, but she justifys why she does this well.

There are always people out there that are going the have more things, and less - and i think that her position in life is beside the point. Yes; life is harder if you have to stuggle every week to provide  the basics  in life, if you have have a shitty house, bad fashion sense or just a lack of money to do anything about it, you may have a crappy husband or be a single mum...but really I think that then you need a little MORE optimisum in your life to keep you going! To be reminded to 'enjoy the little things' and to see beauty and joy in what you have![/quote]

I know you're trying to make a point here, but all I could think was that you need to learn to spell, and that you also need to stop saying "wee."[/quote]

Ha - fair call I guess, yes my spelling (and grammar if we're going to go there) IS terrible and I definitely should've made more of an effort in school. I'm afraid I'm a lost cause now that there is spellcheck (which i probly should've used). However I'll be sure to save my son the embarrassment of it all, by enforcing in him the importance of it!

As for using the word 'wee' I promise to bust it out only on special occasions next time.  I come from a 'wee'  town in New Zealand that was founded by the Scottish (they seem use the word frequently) and I guess it's a habit I've gotten into.

Thanks for taking the time to read my comment AND pointing out my faults. Although I do think that sometimes you have to LOOK passed the little things too.

I might just stick to READING forums in the future!
 
Oh and I'm well aware that I ramble, that this is beside the point and that no one prbly cares, but hey I had to say somthin'.
 
I can't even imagine how Kelle Hampton deals with all of the criticism out there about her when she's so positive. 
I think that it's pretty brave to put your life out there for all to pick apart, and that I'm sure it's not her intention to make others feel bad. People make themselves feel bad (myself included), and to be honest it's not always a bad thing to have people out there that you perceive to be 'better' than you at things...it's pushes you, makes you strive to be a better parent...a better creator of beautiful things... a better speller![/quote]

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