Local Eyes

[ image : Localeyes Sydney ]

Every once in a while I get to the point where I just need to have a big cry and connect with being emotional…being human and letting go of the stress and pain of being alive and well in the beautiful world.

Tonight I opened an email from my friend Jennie Burrows who has two very special and dear children who have grown up entwined in each others lives like two peas in a pod. I want to acknowledge that Jennie has been a light in dark times for me when I was going through one of the most difficult points in my transition as I broke away from the lands of Western Australia, opening her home and heart to me along with a number of other noted friends I’m lucky to have.

I also want to acknowledge that I’ve witnessed an amazing transition in a small persons life as they grow and love their siblings and that little person is Persia who has just recently won the Local Eyes – http://www.localeyessydney.com.au/ – photographic competition at the grand old age of five years .

Persia has been a participant in the Pathways program and her portrait of herself and her brother Tyler has just moved me to tears and prompted me to write this blog post. Congratulations Persia ( and Tyler ) and it is testament of the amazing energy that Jenny has put into building love in a very diverse and beautiful family.