no, no…not because it is november and thanksgiving is closing in. thanksgiving, can you please just give me a few more weeks to prepare? so not ready for you just yet.
no, right now im grateful that i have creative and talented friends and they spread the wealth around to me.
liz made me this necklace and you can almost just barely make out in the pic that it says “just be”. my motto not just in my business but in my life.
having this around my neck is a constant weighty reminder of how i want to live.
no matter what, above all other things, i want to have the ability to just be.
whatever that means to me.
i want the freedom to be myself no matter what.
i want to know that it is okay.
that i am enough, just as i am.
and i strive to be a soft place, to allow the people that come across me to do exactly the same.
because when it all boils down, there is nothing more important, more special, than the core of you.
thank you, liz. :)
beautiful…
Thanks for sharing this! I love it and have found a new resource for some great Christmas gifts. Plus, a gift to myself.
How are you so beautiful!?? Goodness me.
Krysta
love this. gorgeous necklace. great message. thanks.
That is flipping awesome. And well said.
so unbelievably true. just be. 2 words with huge meaning.
first of all, you just gave liz some awesome publicity. because that necklace is beautiful. she is so talented. and you are so blessed.
i love your motto. always have. i love how your spirit shines through. beauty.
and i am lovin’ the recaps from thailand. what an incredible time.
very cool Tara, wish I could do that-just be…
that’s awesome tara!
that’s why everyone you meet just adores
you! because you just let them be themselves!
you are awesome!
tara
THANK YOU! you are too kind.
wishing we were friends.
i love that you have a life reminder around your neck! and it’s beautiful to boot!
Tara, I was truly inspired to come to your blog today! And I am so glad I did! Thank you for your words. It is so important to remember who we are and what we want to be. I needed to hear that today…Just Be!!! So simple and pure. Thank you.
just beautiful
SOOO true!
Hi Tara,
love the necklace! and I also love your style, Where did you purchase your top from? or better yet where do you shop???? and one more ? -you told us the lab you used awhile back, Could you tell us again?
Thanks and TGIF :)
and Hugs from Germany!
A beautiful necklace and a beautiful post!
Tara… I have been reading your blog for quite sometime now.. and You know that I try to live by your example.. I see so many wonderful and amazing things in you.. you inspire me daily to just be.. just be happy with who I am just be happy with where I am Just BE…… thank you .. Love the necklace its awesome.. well done to Liz..
Just lovely. Well said.
kelly, i get this question a lot and it makes me laugh because i literally shop at target and old navy for the bulk of my wardrobe! nothing special! :)
Mmmm… well said, beautiful you!
oh for hell’s sake, when do i get to meet you?!
you are an amazing woman, friend, soul.
never forget that.
Tara,
I have been stalking your blog for almost 4 months now and have not yet commented. I now have to tell you though that I am absolutely in awe of you, your work (which is what brought me to your blog), your amazing family, your sense of style (I’m “repurposing” your ideas in my own house), but most importantly your outlook on life! You write and I listen! I take everything you have to say in, digest it and then figure out how I can apply it.
Without even knowing you Miss Tara (although I have to say I feel like I do), you have become somewhat of a mentor to me, both for photography and for life! Thank you for being you and for affecting my outlook on life!
Keep blogging and making the world a better place one reader at a time!
well said indeed