Glad To Have Met You

"When God gave you to me he never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always-only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called you home, I'm sad and I shed tears. Yet, I'm glad He loaned you to me and we had these many years."

Elizabeth Barrett Browning


When you enter my studio, you will see a sign that reads, "Enter as strangers, leave as friends." I hold that to be true, that we do indeed become friends and not just a customer based relationship. I fall in love with getting to know each and every family that enters my door.

More than once this year, I have been faced with the most heartbreaking news. That someone I have taken pictures of has passed, and that the last picture they had taken was by me. What breaks my heart even more is when there are little ones that are left behind. But yet I am able to give them the gift of a portrait of their happy family and to know what their mom/dad looked like for them to look back on. Capturing that moment for them is a gift for me to pass on.

Today and always my heart goes out to the family you see above. I received a phone call this morning from one of my dear friends who actually referred them to me. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers. Rest in peace Tracy.