I love my daughter. She is my muse, she makes me laugh every day, and has given me a greater perspective on life, love, friendship and the meaning of a 'clean house.'
Over and over I hear parents say that they could not imagine their lives without their baby. I get it. Combine that with the fact that I am now a big softy I now get really touched when I hear that someone's baby is sick. I can't imagine it.
A year ago, my sister in law told me about an organisation called Inspiration Through Art. Her dear friend's little boy was diagnosed with Noonan Syndrome. They were put in touch with ITA, a professional photographer donated their time to take images of little Jack and it had a deep impact on the family, and my sister in law. And me; I was inspired.
While I was on maternity leave my mother-in-law shared the story of the time her and her husband, my father in law, found out that her daughter had craniosynostosis. Her daughter's skull plates were fused together.
She had to take her 5 month old child to Sick Kids for brain surgery to un-fuse the plates. A rare fluke, the doctors said, and they were on their way.
Fast forward a few years later. My brother-in-law was born. My MIL was told that she was in the clear, this random defect could never happen again.
9 months layer she was back in Sick Kids - this time with 2 older children in tow. Another brain surgery, but this time there were complications that resulted in little G laying on a bed of ice to bring his temperature down.
When my mother in law recalls this moment, I can tell that this image will be one that she will never be able to forget. Some images stay burned in your mind forever; some are good, some haunt you.
Through photography, I want to be able to give some positive images to stick in people's minds. Images recalled on days when people are feeling down. Images that touch one's heart.
Now, back to that conversation with my MIL....
"I can't imagine what you must have gone through emotionally while your children were in the hospital". I commented.
She paused and looked me straight in the eyes
'No. You can't. You can never imagine what it is like to have a sick child. I hope that you never have to."
I have that same hope,I hope my muse never gets sick, I hope that my friend's children never get sick. Unfortunately that's not how it works. Several of my close friends have had their challenges with their little ones and it has impacted me deeply.
Fortunately everyone is okay, but their lives will be forever changed. I want to capture that change, capture hope, but most of all capture the heart of a family's little muse. I hope that I am selected to be a photographer for Inspiration Through Art.
To me, there is nothing more meaningful than giving the gift of happy images. New images to be burnt into memory....never to replace the images that haunt, but hopefully they become the images that create a smile.
Check out ITA (http://www.inspirationthroughart.org/) it's a lovely organization.
Over and over I hear parents say that they could not imagine their lives without their baby. I get it. Combine that with the fact that I am now a big softy I now get really touched when I hear that someone's baby is sick. I can't imagine it.
A year ago, my sister in law told me about an organisation called Inspiration Through Art. Her dear friend's little boy was diagnosed with Noonan Syndrome. They were put in touch with ITA, a professional photographer donated their time to take images of little Jack and it had a deep impact on the family, and my sister in law. And me; I was inspired.
While I was on maternity leave my mother-in-law shared the story of the time her and her husband, my father in law, found out that her daughter had craniosynostosis. Her daughter's skull plates were fused together.
She had to take her 5 month old child to Sick Kids for brain surgery to un-fuse the plates. A rare fluke, the doctors said, and they were on their way.
Fast forward a few years later. My brother-in-law was born. My MIL was told that she was in the clear, this random defect could never happen again.
9 months layer she was back in Sick Kids - this time with 2 older children in tow. Another brain surgery, but this time there were complications that resulted in little G laying on a bed of ice to bring his temperature down.
When my mother in law recalls this moment, I can tell that this image will be one that she will never be able to forget. Some images stay burned in your mind forever; some are good, some haunt you.
Through photography, I want to be able to give some positive images to stick in people's minds. Images recalled on days when people are feeling down. Images that touch one's heart.
Now, back to that conversation with my MIL....
"I can't imagine what you must have gone through emotionally while your children were in the hospital". I commented.
She paused and looked me straight in the eyes
'No. You can't. You can never imagine what it is like to have a sick child. I hope that you never have to."
I have that same hope,I hope my muse never gets sick, I hope that my friend's children never get sick. Unfortunately that's not how it works. Several of my close friends have had their challenges with their little ones and it has impacted me deeply.
Fortunately everyone is okay, but their lives will be forever changed. I want to capture that change, capture hope, but most of all capture the heart of a family's little muse. I hope that I am selected to be a photographer for Inspiration Through Art.
To me, there is nothing more meaningful than giving the gift of happy images. New images to be burnt into memory....never to replace the images that haunt, but hopefully they become the images that create a smile.
Check out ITA (http://www.inspirationthroughart.org/) it's a lovely organization.
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BEAUTIFUL! Thank you so much!
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