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At first I was going to somehow capture a photo of myself but seeing as how I am currently sick with the flu and I look and feel like total grossness, I am giving you ANGEL. Most of you know my back story, and for those that don't let me tell you a little bit about it. In 2008 I was expecting my first child with my husband. Her name was Sophia. The Thursday before her set Monday delivery date I lost her due to a blood clot to the placenta. It started a chain reaction of multiple events in my life that are still playing out today. But the reason I actually got into photography more professionally is because I had purchased a camera from my Mom to start taking photos of Sophia and instead of tossing it to the side, I actually picked it up and used it as a tool to work through my grief. I was up in the mountains with my husband, away from family and friends to sort of re-center ourselves after our loss and every morning I would come out to sit on the deck in the peaceful quietness. Every morning there would be this tiny little bird that would sit on the deck rail and just look at me.
One particular morning it was kinda yucky out, overcast and cold and not a pretty morning at all. But when I sat down with my cup of coffee, here came the little bird and it just landed and looked at me. I am a firm believer in signs and at that moment I thought to myself that maybe it was Sophia's spirit coming to comfort me. No sooner than I thought it, the sun broke through the clouds and shined down directly on this little bird and it started to move and tweet and became all lively. I was totally mesmerized but the light and the way it came through the tops of the trees and were directly on this bird and it literally started to bring light back to me in this intense time of grief. I remembered my camera and ran in to grab it and when I came back out the bird was gone but the light was still there. That was the moment I switched my setting to a manual mode because auto was not capturing this beautiful light that was shinning. Thus starting my first business name which was Angel Lights in honor of Sophia and those beautiful lights shining through the treetops.
Since then, I have received little momentous from family and friends to honor my Angel and a few years back my Mom had made me this beautiful ornament for my tree with Sophia's actual footprints on the ornament. It had somehow gotten lost this year and I was so sad about it. I had told my Mom and she surprised me on Christmas Eve with a new one. So I thought I would not only share this beautiful ornament my Mom made for me (I keep telling her she needs to quit her day job and just sell her craft work, it's amazing!!!) but I would share with you my Angel that got me started down the road of photography, and I know she is with me every time I capture another family, another baby who is days old, another mama waiting for her new baby, another wedding, another showcase of love, another laughing child...no matter the subject, my Angel is with me, capturing the moments and providing that beautiful light I saw almost 10 years ago for the first time.
Thank you for reading this and for being a part of my photography family! Come back tomorrow to check out what I choose for B!
