+ “you better brace yourself!”
i know i am probably a little late on this song but, i cannot get this song out of my head. then i found the video. i can’t stop watching it. please watch the whole thing…and brace yourself.
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been trying to catch up with some editing from the feese wedding. with my grandfathers hospital stay & death i have fallen a little behind. but im trying hard to catch up cause when i am done with the feese wedding, i get to start on the albarran wedding! i have learned that wedding editing is a long and drawn out process, but it is necessary.
so here we go…
some black and white edits…
it’s time.
that man on the left is PaTray. he is my mothers, father. he is a great man. two fridays ago he and nanni came to say goodbye to all of the students and sponsors going on the youth choir tour. after leaving, he and nanni went to run some errands and PaTray experienced a stroke. this stroke has since paralyzed PaTray’s left side as well as sent him into a coma. He wasn’t supposed to live but two more days after the stroke. he has since made it 2 weeks and many of the family has been able to come say their goodbyes. today, monday july 6th, around noon, my family will tell the doctors to take PaTray off of life support and to basically let nature run it course.
Though i am sad, i know that God holds a bigger plan. I know that PaTray is on the doorstep of the Kingdom he has looked for for many years. Soon, he is going to be in the presence of His Lord, Jesus.
Not many men can have lived a life like PaTray. He and Nanni have been married for 68 years. that is not a typo….68 years! He loved his wife. He loved his children and their spouses. He loved his grandchildren and their spouses. he love his great grandchildren. he loved. regardless of color, language, etc…he loved.
PaTray taught me many things. most of all, he taught me that money isn’t everything, and that family is everything. he taught me how to dig for potatoes in his garden. he attempted many times to teach me how to cane chairs…i never figured this out. too complicated for my head. he taught me to love playing dominoes, and how to let your wife win.
there are so many different emotions going through my head and heart right now. i happy because PaTray will no longer be here on earth, stuck is a physical state that he wouldn’t have wanted to be in anyway. i am happy that he will be in the presence of Jesus. but at the same time, i grieve for nanni, his wife of 68 years. i grieve for my mom and aunt leelee who will be losing their father. i grieve for all of the grandchildren who will be losing one heck of a grandpa.
so if you are the praying type, will you please pray for my family. please pray for comfort, peace, healing for all members of my family. you will be reading more later.
again, we covet your prayers.
thank you friends.
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today i was able to cash in on some of the blessings God has given me through photography. I have had the amazing opportunity to shoot a few senior sessions, a few weddings as a second shooter, and a few weddings as THE photographer. I have also booked another wedding in the next couple of months as well as a possible 2 senior shoots. God has given me a gift and I am excited to get to use it to bless Him as well as bless families with great pictures.
Today i bought a nikon d300 and a nikon 17-55 f2.8 wide-angle lens (should be here in the mail on wednesday!) It is my hope that through these blessings, i can be a blessing.
Here’s to many more shots!
