What am i influenced by.....First and foremost I am always inspired by my husband...An OIF/OEF War veteran who has learned to live with PTSD and TBI on a daily basis. I dont think a lot of people realize just how much it can change every aspect of your life. I am inspired by his integrity, his zest for life, and his unwillingness to give up even though life definitely gave him some lemons. Every day he gets up and faces the world and gives it all he has to give. Even on the days when we know it would just be much easier to stay in bed. I am so proud to be his wife. He never ceases to amaze me! Thank you for teaching me about courage, love and forgiveness. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to follow my dreams and pushing me when I would love to give up....for learning things just to find an easier way to teach me...for being my very best friend and holding my hand in the dark, I love you!
Secondly I am inspired by this awesome photographer who has no idea how much she has taught me. She also had some lemons handed to her and absolutely did not give up. She lost an amazing man to her a little while back and she could have ran and hid from the world. Lord knows that is what I would have done. But she chose to stand up and put one foot in front of the other and take one breathe at a time and follow her dream. A dream that he had believed in her for...enough to buy her very first camera right before he left this earth. Many people would have never picked that camera up again....but she chose to do so much more than just pick it up! She chose to see the world thru her lens, one click at a time. I think sometimes for her clicking is easier than breathing. I wish she could see herself thru my eyes. I am truly inspired by her zest for life and her ability to juggle it all and never give up. She is not only an AMAZING photographer whose work inspires me to keep pushing and learning new things behind my own lense, but she is a wonderful momma to the sweetest little boy. A little boy whom she will never ever let forget his daddy and how much his daddy loved him and how proud of him he was. There is so much more I could say about her but you get the gist.....She pretty much rocks ever single thing she does. I am so thankful to call her my friend. I never would have thought the day I met her at Helen Camp while she was taking pictures of a bride with bright pink tennis shoes that she would truly inspire the person I strive every day to become. Thank you Natalie Watson Norris for being who you are and thank you for allowing me to learn so much more than photography from you!
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