08/19/2026
AHHH, I feel so relieved to be sitting at MY desk & finally being able to write this.🙂↔️
If you’ve spent even 5 minutes talking to me, there’s a 99% chance you know I have a plethora of siblings & that my world basically revolves around them. Built in besties, y’know. 💛
When I first started this business, it was called The Sunny Studios - named after one of my little sisters, Sunny. She’s spent practically her entire life being dressed, posed, bribed, prodded & photographed by me. She was my muse long before I ever called myself a photographer.
About a month ago, Sunny had surgery. A little over a week into recovery, she became incredibly sick & we learned she had blood clots blocking major veins around her liver & intestines. Apparently, their placement was pretty rare! Subtle foreshadowing… wish we’d known. 😅
They couldn’t access the original clots & then it felt like every few days brought more bad news. Another clot. Another complication. Another part of her body affected.
Eventually, she was diagnosed with a blood clotting disorder AND we discovered she was having a rare adverse reaction to heparin - the medication meant to stop the clotting was actually triggering her body to form more clots. Chances of this?! About 1%. 🙃
After being transferred from hospital to hospital, doctors ultimately went in through her jugular to reach the original clots & removed more than three dozen during that procedure + put a stent in.
After 3 weeks, 3 hospitals, countless blood draws, transfusions & scary moments, I’m SO happy to say she finally came home last night. ☺️🤞🏻🫶
Soo sorry if I’ve been absent, slow to answer emails or a little scattered lately - my attention has been with Sunny. Thank you for giving me grace even when you didn’t know I needed it!
BIG THANKS to our Mom, who switched out with me so I could come back to NWA to shoot my weekend sessions, & my friends who took care of my dogs every day while we were gone. I love you guys endlessly.
Anyway, enjoy a few photos I’ve taken of my first muse throughout the years. 🥹🤪