The Awakening Quench - West Michigan Photographer

Ok first let me say, I don't usually do anything like this. Blog images of myself, but I choose myself as this weeks project 52. I am behind and do plan to catch up, but felt I really needed to do this for myself.

Have you ever felt an thirst? A thirst so bad that you seem unable to quench it? A deep yearning for relief? I have! I have been in an "odd" place for quite awhile now. Lots of personal issues happening and my future was uncertain. Recently I have been thrown through a loop that I never thought I would ever have to endure. There was pain, longing, fear, love, passion, tears and laughter. To say I have been on emotional roller coaster the last couple of weeks is at best an understatement. Emotions that ran so deep, my heart, my soul ached in a way that was beyond my own words. Like a blow that knocks you down. There was also love there, love that was intense, abandoned and more importantly comforting. A love so real that it simply took and continues to take my breath away, making my knees weak and my head swim. Like being wrapped in warm, soothing liquid love. Feeling pain, aches, yearning, love, happiness, comfort means your alive...REALLY alive..not just living, not just passing through, not just going about like an empty drone...but ALIVE. I have felt more alive theses past couple of weeks. More determined to make my life all that it can be. I have embraced all of it, held it close to my heart, let my soul absorb it. Every moment, every hurt, every bit of joy, even the anger. I felt it and I was and am thankful for it. I think (know) that I have been just going through the motions for quite awhile, shut myself down, tried to fight any emotion, keep it all away. I feel like I have been woken from a deep sleep, maybe even reborn. Everything looks different, smells different, tastes different, feels different. I am like a child who has been hidden in a dark room and finally set free and is in awe of all that is around them in the light. The hunger to explore, to feel, to breathe, to live.

An awakening quench has been held out to me and I am eagerly taking it for all its worth. Drinking it in, feeling life flowing through my veins, love pumping through my heart.

I still am uncertain as to what the future holds, it's still on shaky ground. What I do know, is that I will cherish this time in my life forever. No matter what comes my way...this awaking quench is simply heavenly.

the images are a few captured emotions...