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<\/a><\/p>\nMaybe this picture taking thing wasn’t so bad…<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n I had so much fun with these two. \u00a0I have seen them grow up. \u00a0I see now a bond between brother and sister that touched my heart.<\/p>\n They share the same love of music-and they shared it with me. \u00a0I could have taken their pictures all day if they would have just kept playing!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is one favorite of mine…I think because I know what this picture is going to mean to both of them as the years pass…and they will pass…but this picture- is this moment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then I had to get some pictures of just Charis…so beautiful. \u00a0She has such a gentle way about her. \u00a0She has the grace and beauty of her mother. She will appreciate that some day.<\/p>\n I also had the chance to be a bit creative with her. \u00a0Her mother had seen a picture done with a violin and I did my best to recreate what was in her head. \u00a0I loved the result. \u00a0I am not exactly sure if this is what she had in mind-but I love this picture! Then we had planned to do a family picture. \u00a0Just a few shots maybe for a Christmas card. \u00a0When Sandy told me this was their first “family” picture since Andrew had gone to heaven almost 4 years ago–I was very glad to have my camera there to hide. \u00a0I don’t share grief well. It seems like such a private emotion. \u00a0I missed Andrew-taking these pictures with this family-and he was missing. \u00a0I couldn’t imagine if I missed him just taking these pictures without him in them-without him giving a silly grin and calling Catie-“Catie Loo”–how much more did they miss him every single moment-every single day-every single month-every single year-every joy-every holiday-every click of the clock…but Grace takes over. \u00a0God gives just what is needed at every moment. \u00a0Can I share in that grief-no-I have my own-but I can rejoice with a family that lives with God’s Grace and Hope everyday. \u00a0They will see Andrew again-we are here on this earth but just a moment-and then eternity together with all those who call the Name of Christ. \u00a0Thank you Smith Family::For reminding me what Grace really means. \u00a0That word is tossed around so much that I feel like so many have lost its meaning and it becomes just talk–but when you see a family really experience the comfort and love from such a heart-wretching moment in their lives–God reminded me–GRACE–it is AMAZING!<\/p>\n I finished up Stephen’s Senior Session. \u00a0He seemed more into it this time around. Maybe this picture taking thing wasn’t so bad… And…I get to kick a soccer ball around! And…make my sister get in the pictures too… I had so much fun with these two. \u00a0I have seen them grow up. \u00a0I see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,52,64,100],"class_list":{"0":"post-167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-family-pictures","8":"tag-family-portraits","9":"tag-grace","10":"tag-photography-2","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.followingsplendorimages.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>And…I get to kick a soccer ball around!<\/p>\n<\/a>And…make my sister get in the pictures too…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"