Reflection

The leaves have chosen to fall bit by bit changing colors before they steep to the ground of the earth. Summer has waved goodbye, although rays of sunshine still sweep across my face. As seasons change, so do I. The air is tinted with a crispness that reminds my heart the holidays are near. People change as quickly as the leaves and just like seasons come and go, so do they. I look around and I see change. Everyday, all around in every nook and cranny things are changing. It is rather beautiful. As cozy as it feels to be comfortable and content, we are still changing day by day. I sometimes forget to remember where I was or what I was doing or how I was feeling a year ago today. Whatever details I could conjure up about those moments, what I know for sure is that I have changed. And the moments I have shared with others have changed too. Reflecting can take you back to a time and a place that brought you joy, happiness, hurt and pain. Where are you know? I hope that you are stronger, braver, happier and that if you ever felt troubled, your troubles have traveled far, far away. You see in a way change is what is normal. What is even better is that we are all changing together. As the story goes we have helped the progression of one another to allow our hearts to grow fonder, our knowledge to grow deeper, and our lives to be changed forever. As you are I appreciate you. Whatever you want to be I am excited for you. Who you become will be an awfully big adventure. I look forward to reading your story. As for me.....the reflections I see are maps to my imagination. People I have met, places I have seen and dreams waiting to come true. Don't forget your wishes...you get more than three.
With so much love,
Niki Lee

The world spins madly on...

That's life...that's what all the people say. It is very likely that you and I may interpret those two little words very differently. When things start to look up you sometimes find yourself practically prancing through life on your tip-toes but when the sunlight fades and the darkness arises you may be deeply troubled with the challenges you face. Today someone cried, someone fell in love, someone fell out of love, someone witnessed a miracle, someone was a miracle, someone recognized the day for it's goodness and someone was unbearably reminded by it's harshness. If you cried today I hope you get the chance to smile tomorrow. If you were immersed in a world of beauty that gave you goose bumps, I hope you share what you have seen. If you were touched by a distant thought or a faded memory, I hope your reflection of it created a new meaning in your mind. Today was shared with each and everyone of you and I find that to be perfectly amazing. You see, your day shapes my day and days to come as mine does to you. When your  happy I may not be happy but your happiness brings light into my troubles. If my heart is full I hope it beams to those who need some mending. I may not know your name and you may have only seen me pass you by ever so briefly....but you changed my day. In small ways and in all sizes in between, your presence leaves it's mark on the entire world. Share your smiles and your tears, your heartaches and fulfillment. Encourage those around you to dream and to dream BIG. There is such goodness all around yet it is so easily missed. Laugh a little or a lot and don't be shy to say I love you. I love you!!! See that was easy!!!! Don't be so hard on yourself. Frank Sinatra was right when he said, 

"But I won't let it, let it get me down cause this fine world keeps spinning round." Let's go for a ride....it will be bumpy and we might fall off but it will be unforgettable I can promise you that. Cheers to tomorrow..... Live for today. xoxo

love you always

niki 

To the man in the Moon

Dear Man in the Moon,
Without a doubt you've got the best view in the house. Even when we can't see you, you can always see us, spinning and turning in perfection. Your light guides us on summery nights and chilled winter evenings. You sit punctually observing the world at it's worst and at it's best. Surrounded by whispers of glittery dust you are never alone. History entails the depths within your view and shooting stars contain the deepest of hopes and placed among you are the dreams of our globe. Reflecting from the sun you partner to work simultaneously sharing the illumination of nations. You have heard stories never to be told and have witnessed the mysteries that may never be solved. Your presents provides safety and comfort because no matter where we may be, it is you we can always see. The sky changes in ways miraculous to the eye. Colors that would seem only to be real in a story book where the stars play "peek-a-boo". But it's all very real, not just a glimpse but true reality. I have heard it said, "When in doubt, look up." For many reasons faith reaches out its hand through the faintness of your face and we return home to the thought of your light. I wish I may I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight.
always love,
Niki

Spark of Creation

Creation: The world and all things in it. To be born with imagination that allows your entire existence to ponder the unimaginable. To regard everything as it is but to make the decision if it is as it should be. I have only been here for a short while compared to forever, which is an awfully long time but every tick of the clock has taught me the precise things that I need to know. Patience, a mountain I have learned to climb slowly, gradually inching my way to the top. Instead of being in such a hurry, gratitude is found when life is taken a little more slowly, patiently. The truth is presented in the moments you are present in and as always the truth will set you free. Without worry and without cares you see people for who they are. You notice the stories their eyes have been trying to tell and for the first time in awhile you want more than ever to be apart of that never ending story. Home is where the heart is, nevertheless, people make a home. Wherever I go and wherever I end up if ending up is really where I will ever be, those around me will make my house a home and it will be made with each and every story, every journey, every beginning and every ending until it is finished. Too many pages to even grasp, this world will read the greatest tale that has ever been written. I look forward to seeing each of you dream wide awake, and grasp the things that are no longer impossible. Always love along the way....
Xoxo
Niki Lee

Cast and Crew. May 4, 2011

Happy. Contented from the inside out with anxious joy that lingers from your finger tips to your toes. I have spent the last two months and a little bit more with the most creatively beautiful people I have ever met. Talented yes, but each and every one of their hearts is full of much more than that. Our cheeks have been painted the perfect shade of pink and our lips have been defined with a hint of fuchsia. Bow ties are perfectly fitted around the necks of dreamy leading men and their hands are there to twirl us right and then left at the precise moment. Costumes are ready, dress up has been played. The lights are burning and although the house is still empty, the air still contains it's spark. Music plays from the space below it's 5,6,7,8 lets go. Places have been called and will be called again as the lights go dim and your heart begins to race. Soon there will be applause, loud and thunderous to say the least and every moment placed on the stage will never be forgotten. In this place and in this time, nerves set in and release butterflies into your soul. Warm faces touched by a whisper of the spotlight calm you down and you quickly realize you are sharing the stage and this entire experience with people you absolutely adore and love. Thank you all for being exactly as you are, old and new were a family that I know I will never live without. For your handprints have touched my heart forever and there it will stay.

Always,

Niki

still.

Just a little side note.....

To be quiet and patient only to listen. To see whats around you from every angle. You notice the cracks in the pavement, the new leaves on the tree's and sun kissed cheeks on the faces of those walking by. You see possibility with summer so near, but not yet close enough to taste. The air is warm, the sun is bright and the heat lays upon your skin. The streets are full of people of every kind. The breeze brings people about to wonder the newly lit earth by it's sunshine thats been far away all winter.  Bicyclist ride by on your way to school and the neighborhood cat prances along side you. Familiar faces make your heart smile from within  and you are greeted by the presence of memories that made your heart feel that exact same way. The sky stays blue for much longer until it fades into majestic shades of pink and purple. The window is propped open as you lay your head to sleep and the sound of night takes you away into the land of the dreams. Life is beautiful. In more ways than I can see and in more ways than I have even experienced. Dreams are coming true all around me and wishes have been answered. People will be leaving in a few short months to conquer the unknown with everything they've got. Themselves. If anything gets left behind it will not be whats within. Oh the places you will go....far away or close by you will always carry the love within your soul and the joy and proudness of simply being you. Whatever it is you wish to be I believe that you can do it. Go to the places that seem too pretty to even be real and remember that home is where your heart began its journey and that it will always be there to fill in the blanks if you need it to. Every once in awhile in the midst of life....just be still. Look around. Quietly regard the day for what it is and how lucky we are to be apart of it. 

xxoo

Niki

little wonders.

The past is forever put away, the present is unwrapping itself as we speak, and the future is yet to be known. What we know now we have learned from our past, and the choices that face us presently will affect our future. Regardless of time and place, now or later each of these moments are tied together with simple little wonders. People above all place their handprints on our hearts without even knowing it. A smile passed from one another while two strangers walk past each other on a rainy day. Timeless sweethearts holding wrinkled hands and a warm welcome home even though you have only been gone for a few days. When your mom holds you tight and kisses your cheek and your dad tells you he loves you and that your doing a good job. When you first learned how to drive at fifteen, being taught by your seventeen year old brother hitting all the potholes along the way even though he told to "look out" for them. Endless hope seen in the eyes of a child and a tiny finger wrapping around yours makes you realize you are looking directly at a God given miracle. Stars blink above letting you know they are still there and the breeze whirls about fallen leaves allowing spring to bounce into it's presence. Happiness is lit from within your soul because finally the things that pondered your mind are starting to make sense. Answers are unspoken not fully figured out, but it is taken care of by He who knows all and is greater than all. You noticed warmth in the faces that once seemed cold, and yet again you are brought back to life how you knew it: filled with love. Unforgettable love by the one's who taught you how to tie your shoes and unbeatable love by the One who you gave you life. "Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark" and the dark doesn't seem so scary anymore and the monsters underneath your bed have been recognized to be your old slippers you lost years ago. A childlike sense brings you back to the simplicity of this life and how it should be lived. Once upon time you yourself were a child with endless hope set in your eyes and when your small hand was cradled by your hero you made miracles a reality for someone else. 2 Timothy 2:1 Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus...what a wonder that would be. To my own little wonders, for it is you that I am who I am and it is You that I will always make it through. As for the miracles...Thank you Jesus. With a touch of imagination and a poof of pixie dust I love you to infinity and beyond. 

always and forever,

Niki