Last weekend, we had a family reunion/surprise party in Mississippi… Yep!  I have roots in the country, and I am proud of that fact because those country-roots have made me to be the resourceful person that I am.  Anyway, among seeing aunties and uncles and cousins and great aunts and first and second cousins, I saw a young face that I hadn’t see in a little over 5 months… That young face was none other than Victoria Faith Payne, my cousins’ little girl that I met over the Christmas break.  You may remember her from my post “My Name’s Sake,” but man, now she’s grown a bit and taken on a new look.  She’s looking more and more like her siblings.  Y’all she was crawling, standing up, eating real food, and so much more – I wasn’t ready… Ok, I was… And I was there with my cameras.  Funny thing was that as I was looking for photos to share on this blog site, I realized that I did not have many.  The reason was because on the first day that I saw her and her siblings, I was using the video feature to capture them… but thank God that I was commissioned to be the picnic photographer because I did capture some still photos of her.

Anyway, in seeing her, I am so refreshed… and not just her, but her brother and sister too.  You see, the children are growing up.  They are becoming thoughtful citizens, caring people, and just little balls of joys.  I really believe in that verse that says, “Children are a blessing from the Lord!”   Y’all let’s not take the precious moments we have with the children or even the children themselves for granted!  The young care-free years only last for so long, so enjoy ’em, love ’em, and play with ’em while you have ’em!