I have been thinking about how I was going to write this post for quite a while now and I realised if I put it off any longer I would really be taking things for granted.  Little things, like my time. Saying I’ll do this or that later. But the truth really is that we don’t know for certain if there will be a later, or how much time we all have been given. This new week has seen me make some changes in my business, which will hopefully God willing make me more productive so that I can put 100% of my time and effort into everything I do. Not just my work but my family as well. In the last few months I have also been following a friend’s online journal. It hasn’t always been about fun stuff which she and her family have enjoyed but rather about her son’s fight with an inoperable brain tumour in the brain stem, also known as a Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma(DIPG). Her 5 year old son. Reading Bonny’s entries on the CaringBridge journal really made me appreciate my family and my time.
It has been 7 weeks since Roan passed away. His memorial service was a peaceful, happy remembrance of his short life. Bonny had posted the details of the memorial service on her Facebook wall and then the day before the service she simply wrote on her wall, “if you are going to Roan’s Memorial service please take photos of all the balloons”. I was really touched by this request. I felt that that was the least I could do, was to take photos of the balloons. So here are some of the photos I took of a family. A family grieving the loss of their son and a brother.






I came across this bible verse during the week: “My grace is all you need. For my power is greatest when you are weak.” (2 Corinthians 12.9)
This verse reminded me of a family I met and photographed in July. What does being made strong in your weakness mean? Well this mom had been diagnosed with breast cancer and it was her birthday durign the month of July. Her daughter sent me this email: ” …my mum is undergoing her chemo. All I want is for my parents and I to have a potrait of our family…” Wow – after spending and hour with this family I could see how they all had been made strong through various weaknesses which they experienced while their mom was recovering from cancer.
I had so much fun with them and I just loved their photos.


So look out for your weaknesses as you never know what strengths you will gain through God’s grace. I am learning daily from my weaknesses…