A few weekends ago, I spent my Saturday morning photographing some amazing families. I organized this portrait event with Our House, a local shelter for the working homeless, in order to give a few deserving families some beautiful portraits. It was an experience that I cannot yet put into words as eloquently as I would like, but I wanted to go ahead and share the photos here.
I keep thinking back to that day and simply feel overwhelmed by emotion. I think it’s easy to forget how lucky we are, how much we have to be thankful for, and how easy it is to go along with our day-to-day lives and not think about the bigger picture. All of these families are working hard to better themselves and to create a better life for their children. I can’t think of another situation in my life where I’ve been around such nice, humble and appreciative women and truly happy kids. I walked away feeling so much love for my own daughter, and determined to find a way to do more for families like these….
If you’d like to contribute to these families and help Our House achieve it’s mission, you should make a donation or attend Tie One On, Our House’s annual silent and live auction, which is this Friday, December 2nd… Who knows, you could bid on and win a portrait session with me!
[…] Griffith family were the proud wining bidders of my silent auction donation to the Our House Tie One On event, which was held earlier this month. I was so excited that the winning bidder […]
What a wonderful way to appreciate everything and say “thank you” to life. They look so happy and it is so clear that they will do great things in life. They are all wonderful.
Wow Meredith! What a great gift you have given to these families. Just lovely.
Love the way the purple pops and compliments her skin tones!
Good job, Mere. Wonderful photos, but so much more than that!
What a beautiful set of photographs. I’m sure these families will look back on these images as a wonderful gift for years to come.
Gorgeous photos and some wonderful smiles!
Beautiful pics! Absolutely love the idea.
These are awesome!!! Kudos to you for sharing your talent this way!
Love, love, love, love, love!!