I'm Back!

Hello everyone!

I have found my way back to the blogging world!  I started a blog here a while back, although then it was titled "Journey to a Better Me".  At the time, I was going through a hard time in my life, probably one of the toughest times I have ever been through, and I was searching for well....a better me.  I stopped writing that blog because I felt that I was sharing just a little too much of my personal "stuff".  It was starting to complicate things rather than help, so I stopped writing all together.  However, I did not stop searching for and working towards a better me.  Since then, things in my life have greatly improved.  I started seeing a therapist and really working on myself.  Let me tell you, it has been the best decision I have ever made, the best gift I could ever have given myself.  As someone who previously worked as a mental health therapist and touted the benefits of therapy to others, it was only right for me to take my own advice and do the work I needed to do to become the best version of myself.  I do still see my therapist from time to time, for maintenance so to speak.  I love having that time that is just devoted to myself.

If you are new here, I will tell you a little about myself.  My name is Brie, I am a wife, mother to two daughters, and a photographer.  I love fashion and admittedly have a little bit of a clothing and accessory shopping addiction, oops!  But, I consider myself to be a pretty thrifty shopper and never spend more than $20-$25 on any one clothing item.  I love to write, which is why I decided to start blogging again.  I feel like writing is the easiest and most effective way for me to communicate.  It just comes naturally to me.  Photography is yet another love of mine.  I used to have another blog, before the days of Facebook, where I shared photos of myself, my husband, and then our daughters after they were born.  Once Facebook became all the rage, I continued that blog pretty much only for my grandmother, who was not on Facebook, so that she could keep in touch with us and see photos of my girls.  My grandmother bought me a fancy new camera, my first DSLR, so that I could learn more and enhance my photography skills.  Soon after that, she passed away, and I stopped keeping that blog up to date.  I realized that I was pretty much only posting there for her.  So, I haven't been writing or blogging for a couple of years now, but I have stuck with photography and started my little fledgling business, Indelible Moments Photography, one year ago, on September 1, 2012.  It's still pretty small and very, very part time, but I love it and it has been so much fun!  Many moons ago I worked as a mental health therapist, but never felt like that was really who I was supposed to be or what I was meant to do.  But, being a photographer just feels...right.  So, this is who and where I am at this moment in my life.  And it feels really good. 

I hope to write pretty often, as much as my busy schedule this school year will allow.  I plan to write about my journey in this little life of mine.  I hope to include topics such as fashion and beauty tips, health and wellness, life lessons, parenting and whatever strikes my fancy at the moment.  Hopefully some of you out there will read it, but if you don't, that's ok.  I'm writing this for me.  Until next time, enjoy!

Brie