09/29/2026
You’d probably never guess that I’ve spent the last 6 months trying to decide if I should close this chapter.
Not because I don’t love it. But because I’m one human being pulled in 17 different directions on any given day.
I’ve asked myself “is there even a point to trying to keep up with it all?”
But when I’m sitting in my room after my kids have gone to bed, and I finally find some quiet long enough to hear my own thoughts… I don’t think about the hard parts of this work.
I think about the good I’ve done. I think about every birth, wedding, and funeral I’ve literally frozen in time. I think about the families WE have helped. The one with terminally ill child we fundraised for. The one expecting a baby, whose house burnt down the day before Christmas we bought presents for. The thousands of dollars in formula that we mailed to Maui after the fires. The local family with cancer we showed up for in their time of need. The friend whose electric bill we paid.
None of this could have happened without this community. And at the heart of this community… is a once 15 year old girl who picked up a camera for the first time and was told she could be something.
This business has grown and changed with me. It has brought some of the highest highs and the lowest lows. It has brought me some of my most treasured friendships.
So thank you for sticking by me as I figure out what this next season of it looks like for me. I don’t know if it will ever be like it used to, but I’m just not ready to say goodbye to it yet. 🤍
