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Photographs connect us to the past and help us relive moments...

like this favorite portrait of me, my wonderful husband and my boys, hiking in New Hampshire's White Mountains back in 2003.

Just one glance brings back a rush of memories and emotion. My boys are far from that small now and I'm so grateful to have this picture to look back on!

My love of photography began well before that, though. As a teenager I'd photograph all the fantastic moments on my family's summer vacations so I could relive them over and over once we returned home. It's no wonder I love helping others create their own family portrait memories.

With my ever-growing boys and three cats (currently), I need these visual photographic memories. My boys continue to show me how important it is to:

  • capture all the phases and stages;
  • that life is not a destination, but a journey, and
  • family portraits play a big role in preserving these memories, not just once but throughout the years.

Now that they're in college, I realize first hand that our kids won’t always be in the house, leaving their socks and dirty dishes scattered around. These are the things that drive us crazy, and that we miss the most! They won’t always want or be available to go on family vacations. They're discovering their own independent lives (grab the tissues!). It seems to take a milestone to make us stop and realize that the stage we’re in now isn’t forever.

When it comes to pets? Well, for the endless and unconditional love and companionship they give us, their time with us is far too short, plain and simple! With pet portraits I help ensure they "stay with us forever."

These are my sweeties. Being the crazy cat lady, I've foster a number of cats and had 10 of my own who are no longer with us, a change so difficult to take when it happens it takes my breath away. I'm so very grateful to have portraits of them all when they were younger and healthier to remember them all by, something I want to help others have as well.
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