Wednesday, August 13, 2008

I hope you dance

I hope you dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes,
I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance


More wordless and special moments.

32 comments:

One Mom said...

I love that song too! Your composition of Nadia dancing is beautiful!

Jen said...

What a beautiful post!!

Nina said...

This is such a beautiful dedication to a much-loved daughter from her wonderful mother....

CrackerJacks said...

Awesome photo! (Beautiful little girl too!) You must share your secrets for editing!

Tammy and Parker said...

Whoa. I've just been sitting here with my jaw hanging wide open. Such a beautiful picture. Such a beautiful little girl.

Kimberly said...

Freaking amazing Christina!

Jaimee said...

Awesome! I love that song!! (sometimes I need to sing it to myself, ya know?)

You are a photoshop genius...It would take me about 100 hours to do that!!

Maggie said...

This is INCREDIBLE! How did you do it?!

Irene said...

That is so cool! I love that effect! And that song? Always gets me teary eyed.

grocerymama said...

My word - the picture, the words. I had to wipe a tear from my eye! Thanks so much for a beautiful post!

The Mom said...

I think that will be your next tutorial! ;) I LOVE that song, great post today!

Matt said...

Okay, your photos are always incredible. Then the work you do on them is always incredible. But this...this is amazing!

Did it freak you out a little bit to see what it would look like if you had triplets? :D

Corey~living and loving said...

ONe of my all time favorite song....on one of my favorite blogs. :) well done christina. WOW! fun play on the photo. wonderful.

Julie said...

Beautiful!

Natalie said...

oh, I just love this picture!!!!

please please please make a note to yourself to post a future photoshop tutorial for how you did this!

great picture, great song, and fabulous post!

Frogs' mom said...

Beautiful post - thank you.

Mia's Mama said...

Ohhhh, Christina!!! That's beautiful...I wish I could see it better, my tears are in the way :)

Tara@From Dawn Till Rusk said...

Oh my goodness Christina, you excel yourself. What a fab picture. If I was visiting for the first time I would be totally convinced you had triplets!

Ambajam said...

You are an amazing photographer. She is just gorgeous.

carrie said...

LOVE this song, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the photo!

(you could've used this tomorrow too for theme thursday!)

oooohhh...her pigtails! *sigh*

Joanna said...

Excellent comp Christina! So beautiful, as is that song. Great PS work!

Do you have a tutorial about how to do the textures you use in your images? If not....could you please? :)

kim said...

Oh, Christina, that is so precious!

alissasanderson said...

You have some awesome talent, girl! How BEAUTIFUL!

Courtney said...

Ahh to be 3 and carefree again. I think we should all just take a moment each day and dance with our kids. It may be just what lightens us up through the day.

Stacy said...

I already commented on it on Flickr, but again...LOVE IT! :)

Stacy said...

so beautiful!!!!

melody is slurping life said...

This composition is beautiful and fun all in one. Hey, it would work well for antique, too.

Gosh, Nadia looks like a little girl...where's the toddler?!

Cara said...

The picture is so awesome! I was just telling a friend of mine about that song and then I open your blog and there it is. I always think of my boys when I hear it.

Elaine A. said...

You are amazing.

Love this song too...

Maya said...

Love it! What else can I say?!!!

Golightly said...

Christina, this is such a wonderful post and tribute to your beautiful girl.

Arizaphale said...

Gorgeous.