I have this amazing friend…Maggie.
How to describe Maggie. Well in short, she is this kind, talented, amazingly strong woman. One of those gals that I think if we all opted to be more like this world would be such a better place. This year Maggie’s husband, Don was deployed to Afghanistan. Maggie and Don have this amazing family and she homeschools the older two kiddos as well all with a toddler in the house! I have to say over the month’s of Don’s deployment what has stuck out to me the most is her spirit. Never have I heard her complain, not once.
Now if I were in that boat I am not sure I could manage to never have a pity party for myself or spend many a night crying from just the sheer exhaustion and sense of loss that must come with your soulmate being off in some strange foreign country. She has told us about how she will be talking to him on the phone or computer and you can here the gunfire in the background. I can’t imagine for two seconds what that must be like. I also can’t imagine how hard this must be on Don. To miss his little girls “firsts”, to give the kids their goodnight kisses, to just eat a meal with the whole family or watch tv together. It’s the small things that I think would drive me over the edge…the moments we all take so much for granted until they are ripped away from us
I personally am so thankful for these men and woman who sacrifice so much of their own personal freedoms to ensure ours. “Thank you” just doesn’t seem to cut it…ya know? So for me I always go back to sharing what I have been God given…the talent to take an image and hopefully make them feel “there”. In that moment. Something they can watch over and over on the good and bad days.
So Maggie and I set to work on a little family session for Don to share in one moment of their day back at home. Something else you should know…Maggie is an amazing photographer herself! She seldom gets the chance to get on the other side of the lens though.
As Don is on leave this week and home for some much deserved R&R Maggie was able to share this little video with him to take back with him. We are also going to be doing another quick session while he is home so he can have a video with the whole family as well
On this fourth of July weekend I would just like to say to all of our military we can’t say thank you enough for everything you are doing for our country. Keep up the good work and come home soon and safe!
Special thanks to Darrick Lee for the amazing images he shared with Maggie at the end of the video. Fantastic work!
by tisha
show hide 2 comments