I've spent most of my life looking at the big picture...I've forgotten to take advantage of the closeups

Ever since I was a child I would look at the world with a wide angle lens. That included myself, my family, my town, and my world. Some where along the way I forgot or never learned how to check out the amazing close ups that life has to offer. Sue and Cathie found this picture of the Youth Crew from the Houston Avon Walk for breast cancer.

When Sue first started talking about how she wanted the Youth Crew to wear our hats this year I began spinning the picture of hundreds of kids wearing our hats across the country and how Avon would be greatful for the donation and perhaps it would be a huge stepping stone for our Company. What I failed to see until I was sitting in the hot tub with my three year old was the close up shot. Libby had both arms wrapped around my neck. She was as close as possible to my face with me still being able to open my eyes. I started looking at her eyes and the beads that she had put in her hair and started thinking how beautiful they were on their very own. The colors of her beads were magnificent and glistened from the reflection from the water. Her eyes looked so deep and lovely it touched me in a way that has never before. Usually when I look at my children I see their lives as a whole, what they are doing in school, how they are doing in activities, and what they are going to eat for dinner. I never stop and take a long look at the closeups until now.

I opened this picture and saw the one wearing our bucket lid. Then I thought about the one 's experiences admist thousands of others in Houston. I thought about the one lid being a part of that intimate circle of joy and celebration as they knew they had all been part of something huge. Then I thought of the one little town where the hat was made by one person who had sewn on the one black and white label that read The Little Hat Company South Berwick Maine. WOW! It's always been cool to view life as a big picture with a wide camera lens, now I know how deep that picture is and the zillions of pixels that are waiting for just a second of your time. It's good to stop in the thick of things, take a deep breath, and spend a moment with lifes greatest closeups.