I remember that little, two-year-old voice calling out those sweet words like it was yesterday.
I’ve known her mom since our college days and when our circle of friends transplanted to Southern California one by one we became better friends. That group friends are an extended family to me, we were there at each other’s life moments, new love, broken hearts, careers, weddings, births, loss... And I was there shortly after she was born. Nervously holding her tiny body in my arms.
Two years later, she stood in the middle of a group of adults who were busy talking and planning an event, she wanted someone to stop and play with her. The adults towered over her like a forest of Redwoods, their words rustling like a wind above her head. Then in the brief lull, she stretched out her small hands like an angel in an Italian Renaissance painting and asked, “Will Anybody take these WEE little hands and play with me?”
Right then and there she commanded the room. Everyone was silent, everyone focused on her.
Since that day, she has grown into an incredible young woman – ready to take on the world. She has lived as a Missionary, she loves God, she loves her family, she is beautiful and I was delighted when her mom contacted me to take her Senior portraits.
It was like coming home.
And as most things in life, a senior shoot is best shared with a good friend.
Thanks Ladies for trusting me with your senior pictures and for coming out to play! It was a blessing!
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