Around the time I was diagnosed I was driving and my thoughts were in a whirl. There was so much to consider, I was worried about the kids, death and sickness, and all the crazy thoughts that a person experiences when they hear cancer.
The thought that I would really like to have a family picture taken before all the treatments started flitted through my heart. I very quickly dismissed it; too much effort, time, money… I did not mention this thought to anyone.
Within a week I received an email from Aisha Seay. She was asking if she could give our family a free photo shoot.
What?! I was amazed.
Within a week of that I received another email from another photographer asking if she could do a free photo shoot of our family.
Whoa. Really? It brought tears to my eyes.
Okay, God. I see you’re trying to show me your love for me. Not only does he keep providing the practical things; financial, food, housing, medical help, etc., he heard my heart, my secret heart’s desire. It wasn’t a need, it was just a Mom’s want. It seemed trivial, and yet He honored it and loved me with fulfilling it.
I am grateful for both of these photographers, for their generous hearts and willingness to listen to God’s guidance. They could not have known my hearts desire but they were connected to it by God’s whisper and they followed it.
We met on a beautiful weekday evening at Stagecoach park. Aisha had picked out some spots and went to work! We had fun, the kids were surprised as they were not exactly keen on the idea of taking pictures (they’ve been followed around by my camera quite a bit-LOL!) but each one chose to have a good attitude out of love for me. Afterwards they all stated how fun it was!
Here is a link to those pictures:
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