I shot a high school senior portrait tonight. But it wasn't just any senior portrait. I got a call on Wednesday from a mom asking if she could set up a portrait session for her daughter. I responded and asked her if she was going to be a senior this year. The mother replied yes, but that they had an unusual circumstance and wondered if I could accomodate them. This woman's daughter had recently been diagnosed with lymphoma. She had just gone through her first round of chemotherapy, and she would lose her hair within a few days. We meshed our schedules, and I had the honor of photographing this beautiful young lady tonight. She was losing her hair throughout the portrait session, but she gave me some sweet moments to capture, and I knew that these photographs would be very special to her family. Her dad and younger brother came along, and we took some family portraits as well. Again, I realized how special those photos would most certainly be.

I thought about this family on my drive home, and thought of how precious each life is, and how we are sometimes so rudely reminded of that. I pray that this young lady will be able to look back on these photographs we took tonight, years from now, and realize how lucky she was and how precious HER life is.