So today, I was working on cleaning out my personal email, as well as my professional email inbox. I noticed that I had emails in my inbox that dated back to January 15th, which is very unlike me. When I looked back at my calendar, I noticed that January 15th was the date that my Gram got sick and we knew that she wasn’t going to recover. Apparently, for me, that is when time did a stand-still. My Gram was my cheerleader- the one who stood behind the lens and smiled when I captured an image she loved. In her home, she hung a large print of my oldest daughter. And it was not of her smiling. It was not even of her looking at the camera. It was of her back. Gasp! Technically speaking, this image is all “wrong,” but it was Gram who helped me realize that my true passion is lifestyle photography. Those moments that are captured when nobody knows you are looking. The quiet snuggles, the soft giggles. In all honesty, these last few months have been very difficult for me to pick up the camera to take personal photos. I know that I will miss the fact that I haven’t documented the last few months, but I have had a really hard doing so. It has also been quite a challenge for me to work on blogging. There were quite a few times where Gram sat with me at my computer as I blogged, commenting on images I posted. And it has been hard for me to take the leap into doing it again. But, I am trying really hard to get there, so for those of you waiting for your sessions to be blogged, thank you for your understanding and patience.
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Not to mention the numerous sick kids (thankfully nothing too serious), round of strep throat for me (again, thankfully nothing so serious), a major house flood (6 inches of sewage water. Um, yuck), house hunting and hopefully closing on a house in a few weeks (just a neighboring town, nothing far this time), packing up (yet again, which will make the 6th move in 7 years), and an attempt at just juggling everyday life, I guess I can understand why I am so behind.
To all my dedicated clients, it quite possibly seems like I just stepped out of cyber world. I promise, I am working on getting some sense of calm (what does that even mean?) and normal (no seriously, what does that mean?) where I can post all of these amazing sessions I’ve had! But, in the meantime, thanks for the free pass… thanks for your understand as I work my way through this crazy, happy, nutty thing knows as LIFE! I’ll be back as soon as I can!
And in the meantime, I know these 3 will keep me busy as always… xox
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