Joyful Photography

I’ve been trying to write this post for days.  I’m still not sure I have the words quite right, but here it goes.

This is my friend, Yvonne, and her dear family.

Yvonne lost her battle with cancer just last week. 

 The loss of her is still new. 

 I am happy in that she does not bear the pain of her disease any longer.

She was and is, so much more than the cancer that took her.  She loved Dr. Seuss’s birthday, and celebrated it with her own three children and the children that she taught at school every year.  She loved to cook and bake.  She was funny.  Her youngest son has Down Syndrome, and she rejoiced in every one of his milestones and was very active with Down Syndrome awareness and support in her community.  Her faith was very important to her.  She loved her friends and family more than anything.  She loved to preserve her family in the form of photographs.  Yvonne delighted  in photos of her children.   I can still hear her laughter over the comical expressions her youngest would often show my camera. 

I was very blessed to have her as a client through the years, and a friend.

Among other things, Yvonne has shown me that what I do is important.  Also, what you do is important.  Getting your picture taken with your family is so important.  Don’t put it off.  Don’t wait for the perfect weather, the perfect dress, to lose 10 pounds, or until the baby is older.  We are not guaranteed tomorrow.  I know my friend understood this.  Now, these photos and others, are what her three children and her husband have left.  Photos, memories, and the love in their heart for a cherished wife and mother.  These will be treasured for a lifetime and beyond.