Tuesday, June 24, 2008




Friday I came home a day early from my vacation to shoot a great wedding! By the time I had my cards downloaded and all backed up it was 3:00 a.m. I woke the next morning to prepare for an engagement shoot and then the call came. One of my dear friends and fellow wedding photographers was in a really bad spot. His father-in-law had been battling cancer for a while now and they believed that he was in his last 24hours. He asked if I could help him shoot it so his wife could be with her father. I suggested he stay with her and that Lara and I would shoot it together as soon as she got home too. So, I shot my engagement session and headed off to the church. Lara arrived a couple hours later and we had a delightful time with Adam and Devon a super amazing couple! That night at 5:30 my friends father-in-law died. He and his wife both were able to be there for his last moments and we had the honor and privilege of being a part of it! What's crazier is the story about the wedding we had booked for that day, but was cancelled and allowed for us to be there. It's a long story but once again proof that even in our pain God is in control and works all things together for good for those that Love Him! We love you guys and pray for God's grace and peace in this pain, your dad was and is an amazing man!

2 comments:

Mike Lotz said...

Hey bro...it was fun to listen to you on F-stop....pretty cool to think how far we've come in this biz. I'm looking forward to seeing what God does in our lives as we serve couples and capture memories. I'm starting a marriage group like we used to do if you have any couples that might be interested send them my way....sometime in August. Peace!

Mike

Jim Davis Hicks said...

very cool! shoot me an email about it and I'll try to spread the word, give me some details.

love you bro.

jim