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All of this inspires happiness and joy in me. Being able to have something of my own and can have have last for generations is what I wish for. My husband and I wish for our 10 times great grandchildren to be able to have something they can claim as theirs and build upon it.

Not only is the fun, but it also opens doors for more great opportunities to come. I you told me this in 2016, I wouldn't trust in it. Everything happens for a reason, and I'm fully appreciative. Though sporatic, there will be more studio sessions and BTS to come.

Agreeing to meet him has allowed me to be introduced to so many things. Opportunities I never had, people I've never met and new experiences I'll never forget.

Being able to, and acquiring the knowledge to, do something I love as a career gives me a great feeling. There's plenty of moments where I just want to give up on it all. Moments where I feel that, since no one else cares, why should I? Why bother putting so much time and energy into something When you're the only one working towards that dream with almost everything else working against it? Those doubts shrink when I have to ask myself "why not? You want to be a slave for someone else for the rest of your life and be miserable? Constantly rely on someone else to determine what you get and weather or not you'll be able to survive?"

Why work for someone else when you can work for self? Why buy outside your people when majority of it should stay within our communities?

- Zion

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