Welcome to my first post on my new blog!
First, why that name? ~ this small extravagance ~
Well, I like to think I'm clever, and I'd like to think I cleverly came up with a play on words. I'll explain...
"Extravagance" comes from the day Craig and I were married -- I know, let's all say awwwww. If I could draw a heart here I would. :)
On our wedding day, our pastor gave us a word that we were to assign to our marriage and seek to fulfill as a couple and as a partnership. That word was "extravagance." She challenged us to find the extravagant beauty in all things -- in our marriage, in our love, in our family and friends, and in the small things we often take for granted. If it is possible to find extravagance in a smile from a stranger, a phone call from a friend or the random flower that blooms on the side of the house when you didn't plant anything there, then it is possible to learn to live a life of abundant love. How thoroughly empowering.
"Small" is where the play on words comes in. By definition, "extravagant" is anything but small. First of all, the word is 4 syllables long. I think it earns you 22 points in a game of scrabble. You'll find words like "excessive" or "unrestrained" listed under it in a thesaurus.
But even the smallest of things can have the most extravagant impact if you look hard enough. Or, more importantly, if you assign it a meaning that makes it extravagant.
So I think that's where this blog will come in. I like to write. I like to take pictures. I am on a quest to find extravagance in my life. Sometimes the pictures I take have a story. Sometimes they don't ... in which case, I may or may not just make one up. :) Either way, I hope you enjoy.
Feel free to make requests or comment. And please please please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in seeing what's on here. I am always working to improve and what better motivation than to put these out for you to view and (hopefully!) invoke a response.
much love,
sara
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First off, I love the site. I can tell a lot of thought and planning went into it and it turned out great! I do, however, have one issue with this post that i had to bring up. I'm kind of a big scrabble player and i'm 92.4% sure that the work Extravagance would earn you 25 points assuming you don't hit a bonus tile. Plus you only get 7 letters so you could only acheive this word in the off chance somebody else writes Extra - and you have the remaining letters. haha. Sorry for that tangent. Love the site!
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