You know that person that you strive to be: the one that always has positive things to say, encouraging emails to send, affirming things to teach her kids? That’s Holly. I am absolutely, unabashedly in love Holly and her children. In less than a year, this is the third time I have worked with them, and let me tell you, it will never get old. On my glass half empty kind of days, Holly has been a refreshing beacon of light to see in the midst of the dual role of wife and mom. For those of you that do not know, here is a little bit of a back story to me and Holly.
Holly is from my hometown, Springhill. We knew each other as kids, as most people do when you’re from a town of five thousand, but we kind of lost track of each other as we made our way into adulthood. When Holly and I found each through Facebook, she contacted me about a photo session. At the time, I remembered her from our childhood, but nothing really specific. When I met her little boy Mason, seeing his face, one that is so much like his mom’s, my childhood meeting with Holly rushed across my brain. And the thing I remember most (and Holly don’t kill me for this) is meeting her and being in awe of her curly red hair, exactly like Mason’s in these photos. I remember sitting behind Holly in class, and one day coming home from school telling my mom “I want hair like Holly Spring’s hair!” What then followed was probably my first crushing blow to the ego as my mom gently explained how hair color and genetics worked, and I settled with the fact that I would perhaps never be able to pull off such a rich auburn color. *sigh* However, my mom did agree that Holly was in fact, quite a cute kid.
Speaking of cute kids, get ready for some cute overload with Holly’s son Mason. Mason rocked his birthday photo shoot. I love our cake sessions! This is probably the only time that watching kids go from polite, neat little diners to unbridled, crazy messy little monsters is this much fun.
by anne lord
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