Family, Loyalty and Love

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
We were born to make manifest the glory of G-d that is within us
And as we let our own light shine
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same

Marianne Williamson
A Return to Love

I'm sorry, my life is a little busy right now. I haven't had time to process the thoughts I have, much less process them enough to share them.
Currently, I'm at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland. I'm taking an advanced course, the Digital Multimedia Course, which rocks.
The instructors are absolutely brilliant - all experts in their fields. I'm learning so much my brain is sizzling. (if you listen hard enough you can hear it). But I wanted a challege and I got what I asked for. Of course, I wanted the challenge months ago - now not so much, especially with all the changes going on in my life and the rather deteriorated support network that I'm currently experiencing.
But more on that another time.
The Digital Multimedia Course teaches us how to scan photos, color manage and mathmatically calculate prints. This is a photo of me, my mother (and her awesome Jew-fro), my dad (Michael Preston) and my brother, michael junior; circa 1977. (I scanned this photo this morning and it's color managed - beautiful huh?)
We've also learned how to color manage a digital camera and today we are working with Adobe Illustrator. It's awesome! I love technology. I'd like a little more intellectual conversation. I was in the Editor's Course this morning and they seemed to be having a conversation about race in America (I was salivating). I got all geeked out and tried to jump into the conversation but I think I ended up just looking like an idiot. O'well. Maybe I'll find the guy and ask him what he was trying to say this morning. (Anyone read Black, White and Jewish?)
In our room everyone geeks out on the computer (not a bad thing) but I kind of miss the human interaction.
Anyway, lunch is almost over. I have to head back to school. Will send more love your way soon.
Olivia