God’s plan is larger than we know
While I had a different blog ready to share today, I just felt like my heart was somewhere else. God was calling me to share the importance of photos.
It has been about 14 months since my sweet dad made his way to Heaven. While it still feels like I am living in a dream, and it all happened yesterday, I feel like some things have changed. In the past year, I have definitely experienced many emotions. For a long time last year, I just had this terrible feeling that I wasn’t going to be mentally or emotionally strong enough to capture all the daddy-daughter images every girl dreams about on their wedding day. Knowing that just months ago, I had sat crying that my dad wasn’t going to be there on my day.
I think the hardships we face in life have a reason. While I struggle to understand the purpose behind losing parents, I do know it makes me look at life much differently. Obviously, that life is short, and to be grateful for who have, while you have them, but there’s so much more.
Photography was something that my dad & I talked about often. It was even the topic of one of our last conversations. He believed in me so much more than I ever did. He helped me make this happen & I will forever be grateful for that. I try so hard to remember God’s plan is bigger than the one I have.
How blessed am I that I now get to capture photos during all the special moments of life? That I get to be a part of all types of seasons in life. I have such a different perspective on the entire thing that it allows me to capture the images in a new way. I know some people think… man, she is taking a lot of pictures. The truth is, though, these very images will be cherished FOREVER. & you don’t know it until you are in the season of life I just went through. You will want the ones of dad crying, of dad hugging you and holding you on your wedding day. These are important.
All I know is now I looked at these moments differently. I capture ALL that I can. ALL the emotion that happens. I promise you one day you will be SO thankful you have them. ALL of them.
At family sessions, I always do individuals with parents. As you get older, you’re more self-conscious and do not want to be in photos. It is understandable, but just know your sweet babies will love these pictures more than life itself one day. My parents weren’t huge into photos with us kids growing up, so believe me when I say I am thankful for the few I do have.
It’s cliche, but when time has come and gone, all you have left is a picture, a memory. I make it my priority now to capture what I know will be cherished later on.
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