02/18/2016
Today a good friend of mine announced that her family's dynamic has changed. They are still a family of four, still happily married, still proud parents of two sons - but they are now a cancer family, the parents of a four month old baby boy named Jace, newly diagnosed with neuroblastoma.
While they are fortunate in that they have decent insurance, an amazing support system, and even friends who have been in their shoes and can help guide them down this incredibly difficult road, none of those things will help with basic needs. Those things will not pay for late night meals, for gas to travel to and from here to the nearest Children's hospital some two hours away. It won't make up for days off lost to doctor appointments and rough days and long nights. And while money isn't always the most helpful thing one can get in times like these (and I would ask, unquestionably, that you please keep my friends Alisha and Javier and their sons in your prayers as well), it CAN make things a little easier.
To that degree, I would like to announce that for the next two months, until the birth of my own child, 100% of the proceeds of ALL of my photo shoots will be going EXCLUSIVELY to the Skwara family to help them. Be it $30 or $300 or $3000 that heads their way, it's all their's - without hesitation.
Please share this with your friends. I want nothing more than to try to help these amazing people, and while I personally plan to do more, this is something we can ALL do to help.