As most of y’all know, I just returned from a week long trip to North Carolina. Oh how I have missed home and all of my friends! I didn’t get to see everyone though =( and I wish I could have gotten to spend more time with those that I did get to see. Now that I am back in California with my amazing little family, I am looking at things in a whole new light, and as a new person. While I was gone, I found myself again. I was wore down, in a rut, my health issues were getting the best of me, I was sick and tired of how horrible people can be, and it just wasn’t working. My hair was always thrown in a ponytail, I hardly ever fixed myself up, my husband was taking a backseat to everything, everything was always the same routine, and I didn’t do anything for myself despite how much everyone told me I NEEDED to. My photography was lacking too because everything was so scattered and I needed to regroup. Being away was a good thing, a GREAT thing, and it helped me to fall even more in love with my children, husband, and life than I was before. Everything I did and saw made me miss them so very much. Those 8 days felt like 8 months. It made me stop taking them for granted. I am blessed with beautiful children and a wonderful husband.
While I was gone, I fixed my hair and put my make up on every single day. It felt GOOD. I also went shopping! What girl doesn’t love some new things in her wardrobe?! I know I sure do! I even lost a few pounds while I was gone and for those that really know about my health issues and weight gain, this was HUGE for me! I felt GOOD, and looked GOOD, and it just made everything GOOD. Everything new. Who knew that something so small and trivial could shed new light on things. I smiled constantly despite how much I just wanted my children and husband there with me. I got the chance to find myself again, to figure out how much I deeply wanted my children and husband to always be happy, where I wanted my business to go, and how I wanted to always be MYSELF so that I could take care of my family the way they deserved.
Enough of the rambling! On to the BIG stuff!!! The blog and website are getting a facelift and will soon look completely different! Everything in my business is being revamped, including pricing and how clients order their prints. Everything is coming together so amazingly and I can’t wait to see it all finished! I also found a new love in photography and it is making a huge impact on the business! I’m taking it all in a new direction. Finding the Paula that was lost to the illness, negativity and hatefulness of others, has been amazing and is doing amazing things for me, my family, and my business. My smile is genuine again, and I want that to be seen in everything I do. So stay tuned! =)
Also, what’s a blog post without a photo?! Thats my new little niece that is due in May! I can’t wait to meet her! Ohh, that is my brother in law and sister in law too of course! 
