TOGO

…I am in Africa!

After a race to finish packing with the taxi waiting outside, a flight to Paris where I met a few other Mercy Ships volunteers, and a flight to Togo, I was greeted warmly by a torrential down pour! Hello Africa!

I am getting settled into my cozy cabin on the ship-no windows-with sweet roommates, and am excited to start my first day of work tomorrow!

Thank you lord for this incredible gift, and I can't wait to see the rest of it!!!!

2010 started with an adventure of a lifetime!

Here are some glimpses of our adventure of a lifetime in India...
We planned, booked, packed and arrived in India all within less than 2 weeks! It was a spontaneous joy...filled with special memories, crazy moments, adventures galore, tender interactions, new friends, and an experience we will never forget...I still have the smell of Indian apricot hair oil and burning trash in my veins...I love you India!

Photography Joys

I had the wonderful opportunity to talk with and shadow Todd Heisler Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and staff photographer for the New York Times...his photo project One in 8 Million is an inspiration:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html

...and here is a photo he took of me while out shooting for the cover of the Times, on one last fall day this past November! I almost made the cover but, didn't. But it was a magical moment I was under a shower of golden Ginko leaves!!!

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November...a friend's wedding...a brother's wedding...turning 29

Congrats to Mel and Gideon two close friends here in NYC-I thought everyone out there wouldn't mind seeing a few pics of us from that night...it was super fun and super special! This pic is one of our old bible study-Dawn(on very left) and I had led it for 2 1/2 years and just this past summer decided it was time to switch gears. We are all very close, and am so blessed to have them, some of whom have been friends for over 11 years-I love these women!!!! (dawn, me, mel, anna, veronica, maiko)

And here we are at my 29th bday a few weeks later...and in the next pic sean and colleen.

And while I am on the wedding thing shout out to my brother and new sis in law...Ben and Adi Cohen-what a beautiful wedding !!! And a HUGE shout out to my awesome hair! I mean really look at this I had to document it-way to pic out a stylist Adi!

Also we just got back from India and have TONS of pictures to share-stay tuned!!!

I think it's going to be a White Christmas!!!

It snowed a few feet in only a few hours last Saturday night, and here is the snow on Sunday on the way to work! (this is just a few steps from our home)

So a few weeks back Mike was out of town and I decided to have a girls night, or rather a girly night to myself.

The photo says it all: I had steak which we never have bc Mike is not a red meat eater, I bought gorgonzola cheese from Murry's Cheese shop in Grand Central (yum!), I rented a chick flick, and bought myself flowers..I love the life they bring into a room! And I had a tinie tiny glass of wine (I don't really drink but yea why not it was my night!).

Every woman has to spoil herself once and a while.