cole

this is my sister.

she is 33 years old,
has 4 kids,
married for 12 years,
and is a teacher on the side.

the things i love about this photo is that she'd JUST has a baby. look closely and you'll see the baby seat up on the top step. erin's sleeping. this is probably one of the things i admire about joy the most – the way she integrates her kids into her life. having kids does not cripple her, they're a fact of life and she carries on, she lives, she serves, she invests, she rakes with baby in tow. she makes it look easy, and no doubt it's much harder than it seems. i aspire to be like that (many years down the road when i reach that phase of life). it's nice to see that it can be done – that life doesn't end when baby is birthed. joy is one of many examples of this that i have in my life, and i'm grateful for the friends that i have who have kids, they do it well.

notice that joy's address is ALSO 330? isn't that funny? that's my house number too :) all the cool kids are doing it :p

the sky is bruised with pinks and blues.