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I am going to attach what I wrote today…..+ my about me page…..if you don’t feel like you’ve known me forever, then maybe I am not the right one for this adventure. I am a photographer…so I am going to attach not just what I look like, but more so what I see……and how I see it. I hope a pdf is good for you. I am on a MAC and like to use pages. If you still want a word document just let me know. Just to let you know…i ordered the workbook last night, but just your blog / video  and whenigrowupcoach.com in less than a day got me here. Thank you so much already.

-sam

who am i…

June 15, 2010

being a child….

i can feel it like it was yesterday, but reality is that it was many many years ago.

where has the time gone.i can remember so clearly the history of my youth. watching my daughter, i get flashbacks of me at her age. i love it.

it’s funny how remember most of the good and block out the bad.

when i was young….i was always waiting…

waiting to ride a 2 wheeler….waiting for my tooth to fall out….waititng to get my liscense…ok so i didn’t wait…i got it in the next state @ 16…..then fake id. i was good at not having to wait…always found the loop hole to expidite the process.

in reality why was i in such a rush…..where was i going…..at 15 i was given the oppurtunity to run away.

Being that I was super bored in high school….I needed more,so one that was 7000 miles away was perfect. Little did I know that this would be one of those life changing moments…that year changed my path. and I went happily never looking back. I truly believe certain people and moments alter your life.

This was a big one….bigger than my parents getting divorced, switching schools……

Not only did it teach me that americans are a spoiled nation who live way beyond their means, and truly don’t know what it means to live life. They are too busy trying to keep up with the Jones’s.

who knows who I would of bee , where I would be if I would of returned to the states to finish high school.

would i still be a single mom, almost 38 years old ? a photographer ? world traveler?

when i was freshman i took a commercial arts class, mind you pre computers… i received a D+….

my mom (WHO IS A VERY CREATIVE PERSON)  told me i didn’t have one creative bone in my body.

(oh wait is there a bone in your tonque). Now 20 years later i still don’t like to color, draw, or paint. I do however like to take photos, and design on the computer….and finally after so many years of wanted to learn how to sew + 10 years of collecting vintage fabrics…..i am doing it.

So yes i would say I am CREATIVE…..

I believe that living like a vagabond and traveling around the world really opened my true me.

It helped me become the person i needed to be.

Japan and everything in it is probably the biggest influence on how i see what i see.

The world is such a big place….why would i want to go to the moon when i haven’t seen all there is to see on earth.

I have friends that i grew up with in Jersey….that have never left the Tri- state area.

there is nothing to be afraid of….embrace it….it helped me understand myself better.

i feel out of tune, like a guitar.

THE GREAT DEBATE….on destiny.

is our destiny already written for us in life?

if so then by changing your path…do you alter your destiny?

lately i have been thinking alot about my life…

i am ziah’s mom. i am sam i am photography…..but what happened to me?

where did i go?

I got lost somewhere between potty training and my 3rd year of Sam I Am photography.

I feel trapped and alone.

Don’t get me wrong, I love both of those roles in my life and wouldn’t change them for the anything in the world.

I just want, no actually need to reconnect with me.

i am a fighter…it’s is part of who i am / my dna… like a 2nd skin.

The school of life taught me well.

Our life is what we make of it.

probably the last 10 years I haven’t been able to sit down and read. I don’t know why.

I can scan over a magazine….browse other peoples blogs…..

in reality my life is my movie. no need for reality tv.

until yesterday i couldn’t pinpoint  what it was….i need to go and explore and reconnect with the me.

the me i was when i was traveling, and i want my daughter to expierence this too.

true adventures start with  desire, an inclination to enter the unknown.

I have decided to take ziah and just go for a year. When i was traveling i met so many families who did this. I promised myself i would….and here i am at the beginning

Preparation Stage Begins….

I know this is the right thing and the right time. the talmud says you start to see things not as they are, but as you are. I haven’t felt something so right in a very long time. I am excited……

ME  /  MYSELF / + / I

quotes to live by

be thankful.

dream big.

and never give up.

- nick vujicic

discover your passion and go for it.

love what you’re doing.

be happy.

have a greater purpose.

and you will never look back.

-unknown

One of my favorites

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living,

It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.

Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life’s realities”

–Dr.Seuss

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I love you so much ziah….and i love you in your matilda jane.

i know you all think that she cannot take a bad picture….

you are sadly mistaken….

I must threaten her with never taking a photo of her ever again….and then she always gives me the natural face i want.

UNIQUE

We learn to love each other when we begin to realize how truly unique and wonderful each one of us is. Like seashells along the shore, no one is entirely alike, each is crafted with an imprint of God’s hand, each has something to share, and each has something to admire and long for in another.

Ziah you are one of a kind. You are unique. You are a beautiful creature. Always show your true colors, and follow your heart.

xoxo

sam

Hi Everyone, I know this is last minute but I hope you can come!!!

I just decided to do this today!!!   Bring your friends…:) Samantha

I have been wanting to host a Matilda Jane trunk show for a little over a year. For those that aren’t familiar with Matilda Jane, they have the most adorable clothing for babies, girls & women!

Take a look  www.matildajaneclothing.com. Make your wish list and stop by my house to shop and have some goodies!!!!

When: Thursday, June 10th, 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

*And because I adore how these clothes photograph, I’m going to be offering FREE mini-sessions to those that spend at least $200 on Matilda Jane clothing at the show. Once the orders arrive, I will determine the specific date & location for the mini-sessions. Each mini-session will last 15-20 minutes and will feature your little one showing off their new Matilda Jane! You will be able to purchase prints at my regular prices, as seen on my website. Please note that the mini-sessions will be for your outfitted little one only. Family sessions need to be booked separately.

Where: my house

Samantha Scott / Sam I Am Photography

Doing what I do, takes me back to different parts of my childhood. Things I haven’t thought about in years, like it was yesterday. I am talking about things that happened 20 yrs ago. Childhood is a beautiful time! We don’t really appreciate it till much later. My grandmother told me many years ago “youth is wasting on the young”….Now at 37 I get it ( at 10 yrs old not so much).

I think kids should be able to play, not driven around from activity to activity. They need time to imagine, explore….make believe. Be outside. In *my* day, we played until our parents told us to come home for dinner or when it was dark. I know our world is a different place today than when we were young, and this saddens me.

Am I just trying to hold on to my childhood….to a simpler world….

Being a photographer allows me to relive my memories, by recreating them for you and your children.

So I must thank you as well.

Happy Mother’s Day

xox

samantha

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. – Fred Rogers

I had a great time….some beautiful children across the board. Need to sleep…..

Post more later this week.