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About two months ago, I received a phone call, “Jenna, I was wondering if I could schedule a family session before Aug. 4th.”
Curious about this because usually NO ONE wants to trek outside with their family during the hottest part of the summer, I asked, “What’s happening Aug. 4th?”
“I start chemotherapy.”
~PAUSE~
My friend, Mary, has breast cancer. She wanted pictures of her and her family before she lost all of her hair, (which she has.)
I could write a gut wrenching blog post about how awful cancer is and it makes us realize what is important to us, but I don’t think I need to. It’s been done, and is quite obvious.
But let me ask you a favor…
1. Please pray for my friend Mary G. and her family.
2. Hug YOUR family and friends.
and if you can…
3. Please help find a cure by donating $ HERE. Or maybe if you see someone who is going through chemo, look ‘em in the eye, say “HELLO”. Being sick and losing your hair, can make even the best of us not feel like ourselves. Maybe it would feel less isolating and weird, if people would continue to reach out. (BTW… I’m not saying that my friend said that she is feeling isolated or weird, I’m just making a general inference.) And EVERYONE does better when they have those good vibes going… it’s TRUE… I’m a DOCTOR… in my own mind.
So I’m not going to say much else except… CANCER SUCKS; Mary loves her picture; I LOVE her family and I was so BLESSED she picked me; and it makes me happy when I see her out walking her dogs every morning. OH YES, AND I think she still looks beautiful even though she’s bald… just sayin’… she’s a queen.
And I lied, I have one more thing to add, I love love love her album. I almost didn’t want to give it to her because I loved it so much. I know I can’t take away her cancer deal, but it was good to know that in a small way I could help. And by gosh, when I have “Made With Love” printed on the back of her album, I totally meant it. Y’all may not realize that I put my heart and soul into what I create. I do.
| “May the good Saints protect you and bless you today, and may troubles ignore you each step of the way.” | |
Sooooo… for my LAST charity session for the year, I am donating services to the St. Pius X Fundraiser Gala, and I thought it would be FUN to actually use some of the students in my display. The problem was that as a NEW parent of a SPX student, I didn’t know any seniors. Luckily for me, my son made friends with some in no time.
That’s is one of the things that I love about this school, the student body is very friendly.
I contacted his friend and she brought along her friends too. We had a blast, but unfortunately RIGHT when we were getting comfortable with each other, I received a phone call from the football team’s trainer. My son went HELMET TO HELMET with a team mate during practice and received a concussion. So we cut the session early… luckily for me, the girls are so gosh darn photogenic that while I didn’t take many photos, the ones I did were GREAT! AND my son, well… he’s still sitting out from practice, and has an extraordinary amount of make up work, but he’s okay too.
To see more images CLICK HERE!
Thanks again girls!
P.S.- Christmas season will be here before you know it, PLEASE CONSIDER BOOKING YOUR SESSION NOW as I have limited availability.
Guiltily I have to admit I am the WORSE when it comes to actually have a single image of my children hanging on my walls. I never even realized how odd it was not to have images of my children up, until about a year ago when I started to realize that my clients had more of my images on their walls than I did in my whole house.
Well, that got me thinking that had to do something to rectify the situation… that’s me, I believe if you have a problem, you either do something about it or suck it up and stop complaining. So I am pleased to announce that I have ART!
These are a few of the new piece I have in my home, and I have to say… and I know this sounds weird and blatantly obvious, but I LOVE seeing pictures of my children in my home. Why didn’t I do this years ago? I don’t know.
However, it makes me think of the quote:
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”
So there ya go. This is my slow growing forrest.
I can’t wait to show you more… thank you so much for stopping by. AND PLEASE, if you would like me to create something for your home, feel free to contact me. (Remember if you would like to hire me before Christmas, contact me NOW. I have limited availability this year, so it’s really first come first serve.)
A good housewife probably would see this mess and clean up. However, I did not marry a house, I married my husband. My husband married a woman who’s first thought in the morning is NEVER, “I can’t wait to CLEAN the house today.” I am not a good housewife… good person, yes. Good photographer, yes. Mom… wife… etc… so yeah, you get the point. Good in some ways, but not strongly suited in others.
I was planning on cleaning, and I probably will today; however, I thought it would be more fun to take a risk of rejection and ridicule (because how exciting is it to put yourself out there) and show the world my home office (or at least the world that will read my blog.)
ENJOY THE PICS!
My challenge to you is to send me a picture of your work space!
(Or leave a link in the comment box below.)
1. Beautiful prints hidden on the closet floor.
2. Chuck T’s and a jacket strewn.
3. Catch all junky side of desk.
4. Glimpse of my NEW HAND PAINTED FRAME (new in the product line of Jenna Whidby Photography.)
5. Another NEW HAND PAINTED FRAME… these are going in Wee Bittles Room.
6. The office.
7. The title of my first photography company… I use this sign as a reflector now.
8. I took over the dinning room too.
9. Close up of another Hand Painted Frames… I am waiting for some other prints to come in before I take them ALL to the framers.
10. Canvas close up.
11. Christmas cards that have come in, but I am waiting until I have the whole order to deliver.
12. Hodge pog bulletin board.
~I am imagining it is neat right now.~
Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, fires… truly it is very tough times for us all. (For some more than others.) It seems like end times. However more than likely, this is just the time in Earth’s history where there are just a whole lot of earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, droughts, and fires.
A few years ago, it felt like my world was ending. (A story I will not retell this morning.) LET ME JUST SAY… as awful as that time was, there are a few lessons that I learned.
- When you are going through troubled times… KEEP WALKING THROUGH. While you are in the mist of a hard time in your life, and it SEEMS like it will last FOREVER… it won’t.
- Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Please do not rely on others to read your mind, most people are not psychic, they do not know what you need. Right now you have needs… food, shelter, a shoulder to cry on. Go on ask.
- Be flexible. Remember Aesop’s fable of the Oak and the Willow?
- Trust in the Lord. When life is great, it’s easy to say, “Yay God, you are so wonderful!” But can you say the same when things are not so great? It’s faith… childlike faith that you need in times like these. Know that your Heavenly Father will take care of you if you turn to Him.
- I just had to add a 5th one, just because I don’t like even numbers. So #5 will be REPEAT 1-4 as needed.
~If you have found this post today, know that you are loved and are in my prayers.~
“REPENT! THE END IS NEAR! Or maybe it’s Mother Earth’s time of the month. One of the two.” -JW