03/25/2026
Hey sweet girl, you did it!!
25 years ago today you photographed your first wedding!!
I’ve been sitting with you today.
I sat here today thinking about how much you have overcame, I’m so proud of you.
With the version of you who picked up a camera before you knew what you were doing… but somehow knew it meant something. The version of you who created in quiet places, who found beauty when life didn’t always feel beautiful, who held onto something inside you that said, “this matters”
I’m so sorry for all the moments you felt unseen.
The moments you questioned your worth.
Some of what you walked through was never your fault.
And some of the choices you made came from a heart that was trying to be loved.
But even in all of that… you kept going.
You kept showing up.
You kept creating.
You kept believing, somewhere deep down that your story wasn’t over.
God met you in the middle of your brokenness…
not when you had it all together… but right there in the middle of it.
He didn’t turn away from you.
He restored you.
Piece by piece…
He healed what hurt.
He filled the places that felt empty.
He showed you that you were never too far gone to be loved fully.
And now… you’re not that same little girl searching anymore.
You’re still her…
but you’re whole in ways she used to pray for.
Today we’re celebrating 25 years since you photographed your first wedding.
Twenty-five years of you not giving up.
Twenty-five years of you building something meaningful.
Twenty-five years of stories… because you kept going.
I see how far you’ve come.
I see the strength, the growth, the healing.
I’m so proud of you.
And today… I’m choosing you.
Not because you finally became enough…
but because you always were.
So I went to the store I bought you balloons, a cake and some flowers because you deserve it!!
Love,
Me
