Sunday, December 9, 2012

"What inspires You?"



I was looking for photo contests to enter and found one titled "What inspires you?"  I took a day off work with the intent of finding what inspires me. I made sure my camera had full batteries, cleaned my lenses  loaded the goodies and diet Pepsi   I thought maybe I would drive out towards the West Desert which really does inspire me.  As I was driving I thought--"What really inspires me?  What can I take a picture of that inspires me?"  I ended up at the spiral jetty and took really some pretty awesome pictures, but do they inspire me?  I don't know.
We had a little boy at school who was involved in a serious pedestrian accident.  He was hit when walking to school with his younger brother and 2 older siblings.  He was a Primary Children's for months.  His parents are good people but have had some bad luck and were homeless when the accident occurred and in fact are still homeless.  Both Mom and Dad work but they just can't get ahead.
Skyler was finally  released from Primary Children's and showed up at our school the next day.  He has some brain trauma issues but looks pretty normal.  As the Mom was talking with the principal and all of us were gathered around Skyler, I looked at his brother Zachary's face.  Zachary is one year younger than Skyler and they are very close.  I tried to identify the look on Zachary's face as he watched Skyler and then it hit me--Love.  This is what inspires me.  
We are helping the family at Christmas.  I asked the Mom what she might want for Christmas--I mean she is living in a hotel room with her husband and 4 children.  Her son has been seriously injured and has a long road ahead of him.  Surely she could use something to help relieve  the stress.  
She said, "You know I have everything I need."  Love

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