Brown represents the things I long for, the things I’m working towards: comfort, endurance, stability, trust, simplicity, home. I want all of these because I want to show my heaven babies that I am worthy of being their mother, that I am worthy of being their father’s wife, and that I can create good out of the heartache and grief of losing them in this life. At first, this walk was difficult–much of the brown I saw was dirt and rust and bramble and decay and closed doors, and I spent most of the time with my eyes downward. I wanted to see life and hope. It wasn’t until after I started going through the photos that I realized that, even though they made up the majority of my photos, I had more than brick walls and soil and dead leaves and branches. So it is with grief and finding the good that can grow from the aching.
Note: This post is the result of a free lesson from Beryl Young’s Illuminate photographic healing course. To learn more and to download a free copy of this lesson, please visit the Illuminate website.
"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." (Ephesians 4:29)