I can't believe I'm a blogger! Ha! I'm so excited! I feel as if the whole world has just opened to me! Has it???

WOW, I'm a blogger!

So what should I blog about? Me? You? My Chihuahua Cowboy who is snoring next to me? (yes...he's snoring!)

I will blog about the only thing I can think about, and that's this documentary I am embarking upon! I can't believe how many amazing stories are making their way to me now that I've put my focus on gathering them.

Here's what I'm up to...

A few months ago I went to visit my dad in Nicaragua for the first time. He has an orphanage there and has for some time. I knew he did amazing work there, giving back to the people of Nicaragua, but honestly until I saw it for myself, I had no idea to what extent! He really is an amazing man and I am so proud of him. The children at the Land of Judah Orphanage are the most amazing children I have met. They are so happy! It's amazing to me how happy they are! They love to smile, play, hug, pick coconuts and bash them on the ground until they can drink the water, touch my eyelashes (mascara) and fingernails (I have french tips....ha!); they sing me songs in English to show me they know some English and they laugh and laugh and laugh when I try to say words in Spainish! (I'm working on that! Rosetta Stone is my partner now!)

Anyway, Wild Horses literally could not drag me away from these children now! I feel alive when I'm there! I never seem to want to leave and yet the time goes by so fast. It always leaves me thinking....I want to DO MORE, BE MORE, HELP MORE, GIVE MORE! The truth is, ever since my first trip, it's all I can think about.

....Which left me thinking.....I can't be the only one who feels this way! I am INSPIRED by these children and INSPIRED by my father's story and journey and INSPIRED by my Mother, whose work I still have not seen, but whose story is also amazing! If I'm inspired in this way, in seeing all of this and hearing these stories, wouldn't other people be inspired??? Would other people feel that deep burning desire in the deepest parts of their soul, to DO MORE, BE MORE, HELP MORE, GIVE MORE???

So, I am going to find a way to tell these stories. I came back from my first trip with the idea to shoot a documentary film. When I mentioned it to a dear friend, who happens to be an award winning Director of Photography, he said he would join the cause and help me. Then I mentioned it to another dear friend who happens to be a fabulous documentary film Producer, and she has also joined the cause! We are SHOOTING A DOCUMENTARY!!!

Sooooo, THAT, my friends, is all I can think about!

So why am I doing this blog? I just came across a girl named Maggie Doyne, who was mentioned to me by a friend. She is a 23 year old girl who after high school at the age of around 18ish, went backpacking through Nepal, saw an abundance of homeless refugee children and decided to start an orphanage. Check out her blog! It's amazing!

http://maggiedoyne.squarespace.com/about-maggie-doyne/

She is everything this documentary is about. I want to call it "When No One's Looking". It's about people who do great things in the world to make a difference for others, and they do it "when no one is looking". People who just feel a deep burning desire to help! People who don't let anything hold them back! People who INSPIRE OTHERS, to just be BETTER! My Dad does that for me, so does my Mom and So does Maggie!

Anyway, after seeing her blog, I decided to start my own. See....already inspired!

Well, that's all for now. We start shooting in July in SRI LANKA!!!! That where 2 villages will come together to celebrate my Mother!!!! She restored 2 villages just outside of Hikkaduwa after the Tsunami and in July she will be there to hand over the deeds to the homes once and for all! It will be an amazing journey for me, to see what my mother has done! I can hardly wait to be a part of it, and we will be there to shoot every step of the way! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Signing off for now....

Goodnight all!
xo Jules ;-)