The key to being happy is a grateful existence.

That one is all me. No really. I googled it! It’s an original.  As 2013 comes to a close, I’m just about finished putting together a photo book of all of my iPhone pictures from the last year. It makes me feel overwhelmingly grateful to relive all the amazing experiences and even the small, but equally important, moments from day to day life. With each picture I drag and drop onto a page, my heart feels an incredible appreciation of every memory that I get to fold into the story of my life and for every lesson that is allowing me to become a better person.

Along with filing away my personal pictures, I start a new folder for my families of 2014. As I go through all of your pictures from the last year, what I’m feeling is privileged. I feel privileged that you let me into your family’s world; that you let me peek into your lives with my camera to see a part of what it is that makes you feel grateful. It has made my world a more beautiful place and I’m so thankful to you!

(Click the image below to start 2013’s slideshow…HAPPY NEW YEAR!)