I am never, ever, ever, ever one to be able to say much about my personal life in any certain kind of public manner. But as I sit here this morning looking and editing away at another session of a beautiful family, a family who like so many others have continued to come to me and ask me to be apart of special milestones in their families lives, I can't help but truly feel like one of the luckiest girls I could ever be.
And so maybe it's the long hours I have been putting in lately which have left me a bit sleep deprived, or perhaps watching the terrible and extremely devastating wreckage unfold through photographs and videos of what happened in Joplin a week ago. Or maybe its then seeing that we as a human race can care so much for our friends, family, and neighbors as I've seen so many of us pull together to help in any way that we possibly can. Or heck, maybe its even catching a few of Oprah's last words of wisdom for all of us this week as I grabbed yet another box of tissues.... yes many, many tears seem to have been shed this week! But there seems to be this very heavy weight on my heart this morning, this extreme urge to want to share with all of you my thoughts and feelings for a moment to say... THANK YOU!
Like I said, I have never been one to speak of my personal life. Mostly because I feel that we all have our past, we all have our troubles, and we all have our trials in life, with certainly some having more than others. But I just want to say to all of you, thank you! As some of you may know, I am now a single mother and have been for a little over a year. Since that first day I have taken on the concept of taking one day at a time. And have been able to do so with such confidence and courage not only because of the wonderful friends and family that I have in my life, but also because of the amazing clients that I have. I don't even like to say the word "clients", because really truly, I think of all of you as my friends.
Every time I get a phone call, or an email, or some type of message asking to be squeezed in to my crazy calendar I am blown away. Yes my calendar is crazier now more than ever and has been for a while, now that I am raising these two absolutely wonderful sons of mine on my own, but I always somehow make everything work. If there's a will, there's a way, and I feel so truly blessed every time I get to add another session or wedding to my calendar!!!
Yes I work so hard on each and every session, along with each and every photograph that stands before me on my computer screen, but nonetheless, I feel so honored to be a part of your lives. When you ask to have me be a part of a moment in your life, I realize through and through how lucky I truly am. I get to be there for all the special milestones in a baby's first year, or be there for that one time of year you are able to get your kids and husbands/ wives to come together for those family photos, or be there as you try to pull together any kind of memorable item that will help tell who are as you about to pass the day of graduation. And then there's the brides and grooms who allow me to be there for what is very much one of THE biggest days in your lives, and the special birthdays or amazing anniversaries you are getting to celebrate! Not one of these moments is more or less important to me than another because ALL of them are "moments" in YOUR life. I know in a passing it can just seem like photographs to some people but I want you all to know that it is so much more than that to me and that I truly feel honored with every phone call, every email, and every message that comes before me!
Through this past year, I feel like you have all held my hand without even knowing you were doing so, and you have helped me keep my head up high and be able to keep calling this dream of mine, this thing that just started out as merely a hobby, be able to keep calling it a job. A job that I am so lucky to have and love every single minute of it. And then on top of all the confidence you have shown in me, you have also stayed so patient with me as well as you wait to see your finished products. Again, you have no idea how thankful I am for this, and cannot thank you enough! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I love my sons, my parents, my family, my friends, my job, and ALL of my clients who I want to all know that you will forever be a friend in my life!
Okay, there, phew, I said what I have wanted to say for so long now!!! :) And now I must get back to work!!!! I hope you all have a wonderful and fabulous Memorial weekend, and please, please, please, stay safe!!!!
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