I believe that angels walk among us.

I believe that they walk through us, stop a bit and use our bodies to help others in ways that we may not know how to even do. Other people that we may have never met.

And that is sometimes what I believe happens in my photography. A week ago, a very dear baby, Zane, died from complications of a degenerative neurological disease, called SMA Type 1 (www.sweetbabyzane.com). She was only 5 months old and a twin sister to Avery.  I have never met this baby or her family, but had heard of them though my nursing and facebook circles. Her little story profoundly gripped at me…pulling at the fibers of my heart, urging me to do something to help this family…literally strangers to me.

So at the moment that I knew that she died, I began pulling pictures off of her website, reworking them to become the design that you see above. I plan to have it professionally printed, mounted and shipped directly to her parents. It is not a cheap process. It will arrive at a time in their lives when everyone has returned to their own families, work and responsibilities…the funeral complete, the remnants of her life tucked away and their “new normal” has begun to seep into their lives. They will not know who it came from, who designed it or who paid for it. My hope is that they will be able to look at it one day and smile sweetly.

In accordance to the Bible, the church that I belong to believes that you should tithe 10% of your income to the church. Though I believe in those fundamental principles, I strongly believe that their are other ways to tithe…ways that may not be comprehendable to the church. Through my financial and creative resources, I can tithe to others in ways that I know emulate Christ.

And so I do these things not to make myself feel good, but because I genuinely believe and hope that it will help the hurting people on the receiving end.

To help push away the clouds and allow a glimpse of the rainbow to peek through…if only for a moment.