05/18/2026
Portraits are strange things.
Sometimes you make them without fully knowing why. You just know they need to exist.
Craig and Lesley came into my life.
From the first time I met them, I remember thinking:
ah, this is what it looks like to be loved with someone’s whole heart.
I think that’s what stayed with me.
You could see it in the way Craig held her — the love, so gentle.
Watching them together always made me think about the second half of life.
How maybe the person who finds you later can still be The One.
Craig had such a full life.
He created with his ideas, his body, and his hands.
A true artist.
Always making magic out of whatever was in front of him.
Yesterday, because of you, Craig, we partied.
We gathered together and shared memories of you.
It was beautiful.
We promised to say goodbye to you with laughter.
So I chose to write this quietly, here.
So thank you, Craig.
For your magic.
For your life.
For letting me witness a small piece of it.
