I had a meeting with some other local business owners in the area and we were discussing our WHY, as in why we do what we do. Each had their own reason behind the long hours and the blood sweat and tears that it takes to run your own business. Most of us that go into business on our own have deeply personal reasons for doing so and most of us also realize pretty quickly into the journey that it’s going to take a lot of dedication and perseverance to make our dreams come true. So what drives me?
YOUR LIFE MATTERS. YOUR FAMILY LEGACY MATTERS. LIFE REALLY IS SHORT. YOUR BABIES ARE ONLY BABIES FOR A SHORT TIME. TOMORROW ISN’T GUARANTEED.
Those of you about to have babies, your life is about to speed up FAST. Before your eyes your life will be transformed. Your kids will go from 7lbs of bundeled joy to a 4th grader who’s in run club, soccer, and basketball. Your time spent snuggling with your little kids will soon be one where your teenager is racing out the door to hang with their friends and then off to college. Your house will be quiet. Too quiet. All those nights that you yearned for sleep will now be nights where you can do whatever you want {and that will be fun lets be honest} but I believe that memories from their younger years {with you in them}, are truly the most valuable jewels you can have from this time in your life. I believe that time travel is a magical thing usually left to the big budget movies but that a photo album filled with cherished memories or a video of your family really can bring you back in time. It’s soooo important, and if you don’t value it like a precious stone or a trip to Great Wolf Lodge then I am not the right photographer/filmmaker for you. I think our kids need to see where they come from to know where they are going. I believe that love and emotion between family is all we really have in the end and is what life is all about. It’s not about the latest IPhone or the viral video on Facebook. That’s what I know to be true. I believe that the video I made of me interviewing my 93 years old grandma is one of the best things I’ve ever done even though my skills were just being developed as a filmmaker. I cherish that video and I want you to cherish the memories that I make for you. That is my WHY. I want your family to have memories that will be cherished for generations. Don’t you?