Last week I read a story on one of my photographer friend’s blog that affected me more than I could have imagined. The photographer is Christy Lacy and the story was about a little girl named Layla Grace.
She is a little girl who is dying of cancer. She’s the same age as my youngest son. I can’t even begin to explain how reading her story saddens me.
The blog that her parents have made documenting their lives is here:
I normally don’t read about stories like these. It breaks my heart too much as a mama of young children. But for whatever reason this little girl has affected me tremendously. Layla’s time is very short. She may live a few more hours or a few more days but her body is shutting down and these are the last moments her family has with her.
Please join me in praying for comfort and peace for Layla and her family.
My heart breaks for them…
Just a few days ago, our friend, Joey Gemar passed away in a horrible tragedy.
Both Derrick and I grew up with Joe and went to school with him for many years. I had many classes with him and always considered him a friend growing up. He always made everyone laugh and was as energetic as they come.
I took one single photo of him at a wedding just a year and a half ago. At the time, Joey asked if I would take a picture of him since he didn’t have any professional pictures of himself since he graduated high school. Had I known what was to be, I would have taken a million more.
Thanks for always making us smile, Joey. We’ll see you on the other side.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Gemar family during this difficult time. If any of you need ANYTHING, just let me know.
My girl is now 7.5 years old. You can’t forget the .5 because you know, “mom, I’m seven and a HALF.”
Funny story:
I took her antique shopping with me one day since she got out of school early and I had a session reschedule. We were browsing around and I said “make sure you’re VERY careful and don’t touch anything” Not two seconds later I was looking at an old box and all of the stuff inside fell out and made a huge noise. She then turned to me and said, “and you told ME not to touch anything??!!!”
Of course she said it pretty loud and the gal standing near us started laughing.
Yup, that’s my smarty pants. I love her SOOOOOOO much.
okay I realize I’m seriously biased, but she’s GORGEOUS.
there, I said it. 😉
trying not to giggle
okay she lost it
my favorite!
she gets her nuttiness from me. Poor thing. 😉
yes, I’m upside down. She thinks I’m funny.
I can’t believe it’s been two years since my little guy was born. It’s gone by so fast!!!! He came just 55 minutes late for my own birthday. I guess he just wanted his own day. 😉
He’s the calmest and most loving of my three little ones. He’s the type that will sit in your lap to give you hugs and talk to you. Whenever you give him something he always asks for more so he can share with his brother and sister. He’s got such a sweet spirit about him.
Happy Birthday Mister D. I love you so much!
mr. serious
okay, I KNOW every mom thinks their kids are cute, but seriously…
HE IS CUTE!!!!!!
Choose your favorite image from 2009!!!!
This has taken me all week to get together (so I apologize for the lack of posts). It’s really time consuming going through a year’s worth of sessions and weddings.
Of course since I photographed so many beautiful folks, I had such a hard time picking my top images. I wanted to narrow it down to 10, but I’m not even close. I wish I could have chosen on image per session, but since this year was so busy it was impossible to do. It’s definitely not a bad problem to have!!
The winner of 2009’s best image will receive a 16X20 gallery wrapped canvas of the winning image.
So please vote for your favorite image….
(scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to vote)
Edited to add: Contest ends on my birthday, January 30th, 2010!
Please only vote once per person. Thank you!
vote here: