adventures in the deep

"adventures", i use this word a lot, but i can't think of any better word to describe our experiences.  our moments together are full of crazy, crazy love and crazy crazy and i love that.  i love the look in someones eyes as they experience something new, something amazing, as they are loved, cared for, and understood.  in a moment a new definition of success is written on my heart.  how can what we have be called anything less than an adventure.

i was challenged not so long ago as my heart was heavy under the phrase that we so often speak to others, "you were meant for big things", or "i can't wait to see what you are going to do in life," and i heard these words in my heart, "corinna, this is your big.  right now, this family, these days, your moments, this is your big".  it's not fancy, and it's not always pretty and i cried when i realized that i sometimes wait for something bigger, something grander, something more...culturally acceptable as "big".  but the reality is, is that this is big, bigger than i could have imagined, more lovelier than what i expected, more full of crazy than sometimes i can even handle.

and so i hold onto our adventures and i give thanks for those around me who are willing to help me see beyond myself, to see the "big" that i have been blessed with.  i give thanks for those who are willing to weep with me as we try to grasp in some small way the love with which we live every day under.

so then, success and adventures go together in my heart.  i mean it's not every person who gets to fly through the skies and swim in the deep with some of their favorite people.  it's not every person who gets to spend every day, most every moment with the ones they love, and i can.

we fly

our pilot 

and swim in the deep

penny said this was her "cool picture"