Comments on: 3 Days of Giving: Day 2

By: FIT BMX

FIT BMX — Sun, 03 Jan 2016 20:35:06 +0000

Wow you make my year seem boring! LOL But you have had one of the most exiting years ever, and I thank you so much for sharing it!
I guess the thing that impacted me the most this years is that I have decided that I want to make a big change….. I’m not even sure what that change is, but I have decided I want to move to France in the future. I know that is a little bit of a dumb thing, but it feels right some how. 🙂

By: Amanda Meyer

Amanda Meyer — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:32:10 +0000

Hello everyone! The most impactful moments of my 2015 would have to be moving into my first apartment with my boyfriend Calvin and adopting a beautiful kitten we named Lily! Getting promoted to a new position at my job and then stepping down..long story short I could not work with some of the people in my new position and it created overwhelming stress… Realizing that I need to take care of myself and that I do not need to live a cookie cutter style life and that I can do whatever i put my mind to as long as I try. Attending Brookes Promoting Passion convention…all I have is gratitude, words can not describe what a wonderful experience it was ! And lastly..deciding late in the year that I am going to turn my passion into my business..somehow! Thanks for everything XOX Amanda

By: Mystry

Mystry — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 01:23:16 +0000

My most fulfilling moment in 2015 was to see my brother, in love & blissfully happy, get married. (:

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 00:11:42 +0000

This year has been tough. My parents had been living with me, my husband and 4 kids in a tiny house. My dad had had a stroke and so we moved them in with us. I am a nurse and my husband is a physical therapist assistant so we had our own little rehab going. They’ve been here for 2, almost 3 years but last month decided that they were ready to buy a home on their own. Initially, I was excited for them and happy to have more space back but…the moment it came time for them to leave, I was crippled by sadness. I couldn’t even walk them out. I stood dumbly on my back porch and listened as the moving truck and their car pulled away. I strained to hear the human of those engines until it was no longer possible to hear. Silly things is, they are only 5-10 minutes away. It made me question how I will ever thrive in a world without them. I too often take for granted those around me and when I am reminded that I won’t always have these people here with me, it is like a burn, sharp and breathtaking. My last grandparent passed away this past September and I remember a time when having lost all of my grandparents unfathomable. I aim to remind myself daily to say or do 1 thing I would be happy to have done if I don’t see that person again because you never do know.

By: Fanny Pacary

Fanny Pacary — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:46:11 +0000

What impacted me the most?
I guess it was my first trip to Tokyo with my husband. We have fell in love with this town, it’s now what we call our home. Everything was just perfect for us, the good as the bad aspects of the town. Our hearts had bleed when we had to leave and we are counting days until we have the chance to go back home.

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 02:24:57 +0000

A big moment for me was seeing the grand Canyon for the first time. A huge part of me wanted to craft something, but I was there with my family, so I just did landscapes, which was my first love in photography. It was a moment where I had to say okay to letting go of my dream for a time. And everything is going to be okay. I am not my dream. I am not a failure if I don’t live my dream. I am not less of a person for putting others ahead of myself. My dream is still there, just on hold, and that’s okay! 🙂

By: maajiedah

maajiedah — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:13:05 +0000

Funny enough, my moment happened only a couple of weeks ago, and it is fresh as can be. I finally accepted, confronted, and shared an experience (of the darker kind), that had occurred throughout all of my childhood, and then took its peak when i was 13. For about a week plus, i spent my days consumed by darkness,forced to treat wounds that have been freshly rippled open. But this moment has impacted me so greatly because for the first time in my life, i could see my own strength and my own courage. And now, i know that this heart, though seemingly fragile, can hold much more than what I have ever thought.

Another moment happened for me on boxing day. I’d gone waterskiing with my family, as we do annually, and a beautiful bird had flown into the lines that hold the skiis, and immediately dropped to the ground, lifeless. I’d ran over to it, instinctively wrapping my camera around my neck. As i approached it, i let my fingers linger in its feathers and found myself consumed my some sense of sadness. For all i wanted to do was love the lifeless, beautiful creature, but i was too late. And i wondered why my first thought has been topick up my camera. And i battled with that question for a while, wondering if wanting to photograph it was the honoring or desecration of it. So, instead, i snapped a little shot of my fingers in its feathers; no proof of death whatsoever. And i hoped it would live on. I’m not sure why this moment had meant so much to me. And perhaps, as Rilke says, i will one day live into the answers of all these questions i am consumed by. But, i know for sure, that the beautiful dead bird has taught me life.

Darling Brooke, thank you for this beautiful, safe platform you continually create.

By: Grace Schattschneider

Grace Schattschneider — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 22:08:14 +0000

My most fulfilling experience this year was choosing to go to university after a year off. After going through years of horrendous bullying I decided to take a break because of the anxiety and depression the bullying caused. I can happily say that going to back to school is the best thing this year. I am finding my path with Anthropology and I hope to work photography into it. I still struggle with the anxiety and depression but I believe that my past has made me stronger and made me push harder to follow my passions and dreams.

This photo “Reborn” I created to show me beginning again in life.

By: Lily

Lily — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:50:28 +0000

Transitioning into my senior year of high school this past year has created a furry of opportunity, adventure, and excitement. This year I had courage to rough it out and begin charging for my photography. I was blessed enough to second shoot for a wedding three times, and model for a magazine cover, cd cover, and various photographers during various occasions. I am overwhelmed by the amount of encouragement and connections I have made in 2015. I would have never thought I could have come this far. Thank you Brooke for pouring whimsical creativity into my life through your images, your concepts never cease to amaze me. Stoked to see where 2016 takes me!!

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:52:19 +0000

Its so nice of you to do a giveaway! Anyway the most memorable experience of my year was probably meeting someone who inspired me in every way imaginable and continues to even when he is not here.