Leah Vidal's Blog, page 10
October 2, 2015
JJ Watt or Batman?
If you can’t be JJ Watt, then be Batman. Always be Batman.
September 18, 2015
Play Hard. Get Dirty – Football Friday
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That’s a part of it. – Denzel Washington
September 11, 2015
Football Friday – Raising Champions
“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.”– Derek Jeter “A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” – Mary Lou Retton “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”– Michael Jordan
September 8, 2015
Modern Love
“It’s comforting and a bit sad because it means we’re having the same conversations over and over, yet it shows we still miss each other enough to say it. It’s hard to constantly find a different way to express emotions through texting, though I have been known to send him photos of Legos in compromising […]
June 20, 2015
The Challenge of Raising A Gentle Giant
He wasn’t my first-born, but the moment they placed the sweet little bundle of boy in my arms I knew there would be different challenges in raising him. He was a healthy baby and thankfully those challenges wouldn’t be of the medical sort, but the difference in raising a boy are always present. As he […]
June 5, 2015
Grounds For Sculpture
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso “One eye sees, the other feels.” ― Paul Klee “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island “It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.” ― Oscar […]
May 20, 2015
The Red String Of Fate
“It is part of scientist Matthew Lieberman’s case that our need to connect is as fundamental as our need for food and water.” Lieberman who is a Professor and SCN (Social Cognitive Neuroscience) Lab Director at UCLA Department of Psychology, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences conducts research on social cognitive neuroscience which focuses on how the human brain […]
May 15, 2015
The View From Here: Napa Valley
I spend a lot of time looking at life through my lens, and am often asked if I don’t feel like I’m missing out by having my eye glued to the viewfinder. My answer stands, “I feel I miss the treasures when I’m looking at the big picture.” Life is a series of fleeting images […]
May 5, 2015
This Is Not Just A Sweater
“If I close my eyes, I can see her sitting on the brown velour seventies couch in our living room wrapped in that ugly green sweater, relaxing with each passing minute as though cocooned in a blissful state of peace.” – Little Miss Wordy My little tribute to my own mom is featured today at […]
April 28, 2015
I Said Goodbye To An Old Love Today
“I said goodbye to an old love today. My heart squeezes in my chest every time I allow myself to think about it. The pain is still fresh and the memories hit me uninvited as they slam into my unsuspecting mind and pin me down, holding me hostage until I have to catch my breath […]
