Spent all day Saturday with two of my favorite people. When they came in that day they were two seperate people. Now they are One!!! I had the wonderful privilege of shooting their wedding. Here are a few of my favs…
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As I sit here today and think of what you were like I smile and am saddened a bit. I remember how innocent you were then. The only worry you had was what were you going to play next. You laughed a lot. You took risks that you have not taken since then. You were only scared of things that you should be scared of. You did not care what people thought about you. You did not try to wear the coolest cloths. You did not try to have the latest greatest thing. You were intrigued by the simplest of things. You could make an entire world out of a box and some dirt. Building forts out of sheets, chairs and couches was a daily occurance for you. You loved sitting in the lap of your mom and dad. You were adventerous and took new adventures every day of your life. You were friends with everyone. You did not care about your abs, your hair or your weight. You had the most creative ideas ever imagined. At Christmas…everything…and I mean everything…was the greatest gift you had ever been given. You asked for things, but it did not really matter if you got that “thing” or not. You cried when hurt, laughed when tickled and told people right away if you were mad at them. You did not hold grudges and could mend a friendship faster than anyone I had ever met. You could play baseball with your 85 year old grandfather for hours, even if he sat in a chair the whole time. You loved being outside as long as you could be. You ran and jumped. You climbed and explored. You wanted to know how to do everything and would not stop trying to figure something until you had mastered it. You danced and did not care if people watched you. You were a great version of me.
So with all that said…know that I miss you a lot and hope that we can at least hang out again and experience all of the things mentioned above…at least one more time. I have a lot to learn from you and need to spend more time with you. Don’t ever forget me as I will try and never forget you. You have made me who I am and I will forever be greatful for you. Hope to see you soon.
With Love,
The 29 year old you!!!
I absolutely love the day after Christmas. It is a day filled with what no other day of my year is filled with…NOTHINGNESS!!! The rest of the year we are going from meeting to meeting, appointment to appointment and place to place. There is 364 days of sheer busyness. It never stops. People demand things of us and we do them…not because of the desire to do so, but because we have this incessant need to be busy. However, there is one day out of the year that everything stands still. For most it is Christmas Day. However, that day is usually filled with all sorts of things to do. Family to see, meals to eat, toys to play with, gadgets to fiddle with and many more things. But…the day after…my favorite day of the year…brings about NOTHINGNESS. It is the one day of the year that I can sit on my couch and not move for hours. I watch new movies we have gotten or an entire season of a show that I have not seen in years. No matter what the nothingness is, it is wonderful. This morning I have played Tiger Woods 09′ while laying on my couch, I have shopped the day after Christmas sales online while laying on my couch, I have eaten fudge and a banana while laying on my couch and now I am watching the new Tinkerbell movie and writing this blog while….you guessed it…laying on my couch. I am going to thoroughly enjoy the nothingness today. I hope that you will do the same. Maybe nothingness is a practice we should enjoy more than one day a year. So…what are you doing for the day today? ENJOY YOUR DAY OF NOTHINGNESS!!!!
Odd…who knew I would make THIS cover!!! I have had a stressful day and I thought this would be a good laugh for all of us. Have a great day.
I had the privilege to shoot an incredible family today. Their home was the perfect spot for this great set of pictures. I am so excited how they are starting to turn out. David and Kami Lee have one of the most beautiful families I know. Please enjoy.
So we head out on tour in three months. We are fervently booking tour dates right now. Check out this video to see what this thing is all about. Go HERE for more info.
Remedy Tour Description from Trevor DeVage on Vimeo.
So does your head want to explode right now or what? Please…discuss…NOW!!!
Our organization Remedy For This Heart coming to a city near you!!!
Remedy Tour Update from Trevor DeVage on Vimeo.
Here I sit again. Instead of my old friend the table and chair welcoming me today, they have met some new friends that have now replaced me. They look like nice people, but I really miss my chair friend and my table companion. Today I notice an old acquaintance just behind my friends of old. This one is red and soft. No arms and just a simple table with a lamp next to it. Today…I am drawn to this one night stand of a chair and return to see if I really want it to be my next coffee house pleasure. I sit in its lap and remember why I loved it so the first time I sat down. I now have a new friend in this red lap of luxury. I peruse the menu board in hopes of something new. Something that will awaken my pallet from normalcy. However, I see Mr. Yirgachaffe again and remember how good he has been to me. So he is what I choose once again. Unlike the morning, the chaos welcomes me in today. It has been here since the wee hours of the morning and it smiles at me gently as I walk into its presence. I set my things at my feet and pull out the top for my lap. I turn it on and the little apple glows and makes that noise I so love to here. I am supposed to be writing something quite different at the moment, but cannot seem to make my cranial regions or digits get in that mode. So I find myself rambling about nothing more than a quaint coffee shop that has now been given human characteristics.
People intrigue me in this environment. Conversations are had at a moderate level of volume. It is almost as if people want you to lend your stalking ear to their oh so “private” lives and long to know more about them. I put in my ear buds and drown them out. But…when the music stops I get snippets of life. One guy across from me has done the same. However, he must be watching Youtube or Vimeo. He laughs out loud repeatedly and seems to be in a world that no one else is in. One of my best friends on the planet is literally less than four feet away from me, yet we are both silent and mesmerized by a glowing screen in front of us. That seems like the mantra of our lives. There are some that want you to hear them talk, but don’t want you to respond. Then their are others that simply want to be in their own ear budded world. Not letting you in, but laughing to themselves. Then there are those of us so consumed by our little glowing pieces of technology that we forget that their is a world around us that is screaming for us to interact with. If these walls could utter an audible word to me…they would scream…GET UP AND INTERACT WITH THOSE THAT ARE AROUND YOU!!! So…with that said…
Bio: What makes me...well...me? There are a lot of things that make up the complexities of who I am. I love God, my wife, my two little girls, and all types of crazy interesting people. I love good conversation, a bit of controversy, rebellion with a cause, and hot green tea. I love to write, read, take photos, and spend time on my patio with good friends and my beautiful family. Scripture confuses, perplexes, intrigues, and floors me. It brings me hope, joy, and frustration. I work for one of the greatest churches in the country with the greatest team ever assembled. We will challenge you and your staff to a duel on the playground at 3:10 on any afternoon. This space is for us to conversate and share thoughts on life, love, creativity, and ministry. Welcome to my little nook of the web. I hope you will come in, take off your shoes and stay awhile.
