So much to do..................

So I've been meeting with foundations left and right,I'm trying to get my website up and running, trying to fulfill all my responsibilities as a mother and wife, and everything else I have going on. I thought I could do this all by myself but as time goes on I realize I need help. Since I am doing this with no financial gain, I have realized that I may need to ask people for donations of any kind. It can be a cute hat, chair, stool, bench, tutu, cd, envelopes, or anything to help provide nice photos for these families. If you donate money it will go to buying the supplies. I don't have everything figured out yet, I'm just trying to take things as they come.

A New Journey....................

It was hard deleting all my photos on here of people I love or know. I want this blog to be about photographing cancer. I had the chance to be a Layla Grace follower and I must say she has changed my heart in many ways, one being that I have a deep passion to photograph children with cancer. It is because of her that I am now starting a new journey working with different foundations doing just that.

I don't just want to photograph children with cancer, I want to give hope to them, wrap my arms around them, and tell them how proud I am of them for fighting this nasty disease. I may be doing this for selfish reasons, but don't we all!?

I am still in the process of meeting with foundations to see if I will be a good fit for them. I have 2 foundations that I will be meeting with in the next few weeks and one that wants to get back to me after talking to her boss.

The more I think about this the more joy I feel. Anyone who knows me knows patience isn't one of my virtues. I know it will take time to spread the word and get in with foundations. I am so grateful to the foundations who call me back and take me serious. Not all foundation get back to me or even respond to my e-mails but what that does is push me even harder to make sure I am matched with the right foundations.

I don't know where this will take me but I do know this is what I am suppose to be doing.

Riding Through Life...................

This is Alex, he is a cancer survivor! This summer he is biking from Oregon to Virgina to raise money for CanCare. Alex said, " I want to bring awareness to the staff and volunteers at CanCare who wake daily and seek to comfort those going through the physical and emotional turmoil of a nasty disease."

I had the chance to meet Alex on a CanCare volunteer training weekend. I can't wait till Alex starts his journey across America! If you would like to follow him you can go to ridingthroughlife-alex.blogspot.com

Soul Searching............

Cancer isn't always a bad thing, I know, I had it and it saved my life! I am now wanting to give back. I've been going through a transformation this year and it's been amazing! I am so proud of myself and I've never been able to say those words till now. I've been touched by the spirit in so many ways and been prompted to take photos of people with cancer and cancer survivors. When I started the photography journey I wasn't sure where it would take me until now.

I will be focusing on taking photos for people with cancer and cancer survivors! I am so deeply touched by children with cancer and can't wait to have the chance to work with them.

My feelings on doing this is people with cancer already pay soooo much in medical bills and to charge them for photos, just isn't right. I like the idea of taking photos of cancer survivors to give hope to those with cancer. Also, I know when I had cancer I didn't feel pretty and to be able to make someone feel good about themselves gives me such joy. I also like the idea of the person with cancer being able to look back on those photos and say "wow, look what I accomplished"!