This morning was a hard one for me… it felt good… but was still hard.
I don’t understand why this beautiful life can be so difficult… for such good people.
The Bonasera Family has been apart of the Blonde Cow family for a few years now and when we got the news that the mama Bonasera had ALS it totally broke my heart… I started to google the dreadful disease and it’s just heartbreaking what the damn disease does to people.
Julie is a woman… a very strong brave woman… she is a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, a wife, a sister, a friend… she is beautiful… and admirable…
To see this beautiful family being strong for her… coming together with smiles, with hope, with love… well let’s just say I had to wash the mascara off my cheeks after my drive home…
I photograph real life… real love… real hope… real moments. I know one day these photograph will all be a memory… a reminder… a reflection… but they will make this family smile.
Just a year or so ago I photographed this family on the shore playing together… laughing… hugging… and how so many things can happen so aggressively so fast blows my mind. It makes one want to enjoy our days that we do have a little more… a little longer…
live your life completely even on a simple Tuesday…
