Snapshots.

I started my week in an amazing way, and I'm still kind of on a high from it.

I got a new computer for work. I originally intended to keep my old computer for personal stuff, and keep the new Macbook for work stuff, but as soon as I saw the way iPhoto lets you organize pictures, I decided to move ALL my digital pictures onto the Mac so I could sort them easily.

That means that during my limited downtime during a hectic weekend, I spent time sorting through digital pictures from the last ten years. And even as I made breakfast for the girls on Monday morning, I was still stealing time to tag faces and group the pictures into events.

I still have a long ways to go in my sorting efforts, but I'm addicted to going through these pictures. Partially because I just love to organize, but also because the exercise is so calming and centering.

I realized as I looked through that I couldn't remember the work deadlines, the client headaches, the stressful late nights. I mean, I could remember them if I really tried. But I had to try. Those moments had evaporated. I looked through the moments I had captured and saw an entirely different timeline stretching back behind me. I saw my little daughter's birth and how impressively she has grown in 20 months. I saw my now eight-year-old daughter in her toddler days, playing at the park. I saw the first days of being in love with my sweet husband, the time when all I could wait to do at the end of a long workweek was look into his eyes. I saw my own sweet Daddy, alive and beaming with pride at the kids and grandkids surrounding him. There were visits with friends, trips to the beach, coolers of drinks... it sounds sappy and cliche, doesn't it? I know, Kodak moments and all that.

I realized that I really won't remember the stresses of today... probably not even a few weeks from now, let alone years into the future. The work problems that are crushing my brain are all temporary. The issues need to be dealt with; I need to do the best work I can right now. And then I need to let them go. I need to put them in their proper places and focus not on problems but on people.