no.smiles.here

so, sometimes, when you are writing about your own family, it’s a little hard.

You can find the words, but do they do the emotions and feelings justice?

Do the pictures do the words justice?

probably not….

so, for these pictures of my 13-year-old nephew, Patrick, i tried to remember what it felt like to be 13 and what i would want to know. I think i was a pretty good kid, as is he, but i just wish i knew then that i didn’t have to think about *being* anything other than me…and a good human being.

he is sooooo 13….no smiles here.

He is all about *attitude* in these pics.

live life fully while you’re here.
experience everything.
take care of yourself and your friends.
have fun, be crazy, be weird.
go out and screw up!
you’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process.
take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes:
find the cause of your problem and eliminate it.
don’t try to be perfect;
just be an excellent example of being human.
- anthony robbins