Lost Land

Have you ever felt like you were in a Lost Land?  Maybe you have felt like you just don’t know what direction to take or can’t remember how you got to where you are?  And you might think you have to blindly stumble through this unknown territory, feeling your way around and just hoping for the best. It can be so scary to face your own personal lost land.  But, and granted I have the advantage of saying this from the “other” side of 40, there is also a beauty in that unfamiliar countryside. 

There is literally a place near my hometown called Lost Land and this is one of the places that my niece, Meghan, chose for her senior portraits.  As we were taking her photographs, I couldn’t help thinking how fitting the name is. What senior doesn’t feel like she is heading into a Lost Land as she leaves her  world of the comfortably known.  

I have to say that Meghan has handled her own Lost Land with such maturity and strength.  And definitely on her own terms. :-)

She doesn’t head out into that world by herself.  Yes, she has lots of friends and a very supportive family. But she also has one extra special blessing.  Emma.

There is no doubt in my mind that Emma is helping to make Meghan’s Lost Land a more beautiful and loving place.  And having this precious child by her side will make her focus a little harder on which path she chooses. 

And, yes, Emma will have to dip her toes in her own Lost Land someday.

Undoubtedly she will handle that with the grace and goodness that her Mama (and her Nana and Pappy) will teach her.  Until then, it’s Meghan and Emma, the explorers of uncharted lands and lots of love. Giving to those who surround and support them. But most of all giving to each other. 

Sometimes we just have to look through the fear to find the beauty and familiar in our own Lost Land.

Take care my friends,  

Addie