Firelance

A few years ago I had the privilege of being the photographer at a wedding. This was before I was really doing much photography, so it was truly a great honor. It was the wedding of my friends, Nathan and Lauren. Yesterday I was honored once again to be able to take pictures of another significant event. This time Nathan wasn’t in the pictures, but his son was. This time the pictures were taken to show that he is missed by those he left behind. After he went home last November, a number of people who were close to him went out and got a tattoo that he had wanted to get. The tattoo is in Hebrew and loosely translated, it means “The Lord’s.” This weekend, all the people with the tattoo were here in Dallas. His wife, his brothers, his sister, his cousin, his friend (my brother). They were all at church on Sunday and I couldn’t help but get choked up when we sang the last hymn:

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say
It is well, it is well, with my soul

…And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend
Even so, it is well with my soul

We’ll all be home soon with Nate. In the meantime, it is a blessing to know this beautiful family and to live this life surrounded by love. Thanks for asking me to do these pictures, Lauren.