MckLinky Blog Hop - Favorite Photo

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

MckLinky has started doing a weekly Blog Hop (I think that's similar to a Sock Hop?). By participating in the weekly theme, and posting the MckLinky list at the bottom of our posts, it becomes a much more interactive weekly project.

I was originally going to post a photo of Kibwana, but when I was browsing through my photos on this work computer I found another one that I really love.

It's me!

The church I grew up attending has this library just outside the entrance to the sanctuary. As a little girl, the library WAS my sanctuary. Just outside the frame of the photo (to the left) is a bench seat that backs up to a stained glass window, which goes from the seat all the way up to the vaulted ceiling. I've always loved to read, and whenever we were up at church for something other than church I would end up curled up on that bench (like if Mom was filling in for the secretary, or serving as a teller counting the offering, or if I'd already had my fill of food at a potluck and wanted to entertain myself). I think I've read all of the children's books in this library, plus a healthy chunk of the grownup book selection.
Plus, since it's such a good-sized room, blocked from view of the sanctuary, it's the perfect place for a bride to get dressed and ready for her wedding. Instead of preparing downstairs, then having to walk through the entire foyer and past the sanctuary windows (affording the groom a sneak peek), she can simply step out of the library at the proper time and be right in front of the aisle, shocking him with her glory. :)

I attended dozens of weddings in this church while I was young. Although had stopped regularly attending there before I moved out of state, after a lifetime of imagining myself preparing in THIS room before stepping up to THAT altar, I couldn't bear to be married anywhere else.

Because Col is my prince charming, I had my wish, and so here I am, on February 11, 2006, in my sanctuary.

PS. (My lovely attendant there is Kibibi, by the way.)

PPS. This photo was taken by Jennifer Grant. I want you all to know about her because she's awesome! Check her out at http://katelindenstudios.com/. Just for the record, yes - I do have publishing rights for the photo.