When God designed us in his image, he designed us to be creators. God is the ultimate creator and so we are image bearers with his creative spirit. I believe that is bedrock truth for each one of us, and yet it has only been in the last couple years that I have identified myself as a creative person.

Recently I hosted an “Open Studio” day at our home studio in Bridgeport Connecticut. The idea was to set up a standard lighting scheme that was easily customizable for a variety of images. Need a headshot? No problem. Family Christmas photo? Boom. Images of your fresh baby? Perfection.

On September 19 2023, Cass and I walked into the breast center office for what we thought would be a quick in-and-out appointment to confirm that the lump in her breast was benign. We didn’t think for a moment that it would be cancerous. It was the anniversary of our engagement, a day we celebrated with lunch at Little Pub where we had our first date 9 years prior. Cass was 30ish weeks pregnant with our second boy, things had been going pretty smoothly and we had a busy 10 weeks ahead of us before our baby would arrive. What we learned that day would change the course of our lives forever.