I carry your heart with me
- e.e. cummings
I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet ) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)
Photographing weddings is an honor, and it is something I don't take lightly. I remember not so long ago my own wedding day and how without my amazing wedding photographer I would not be able to remember all those little moments, tears, smiles, and details I had planned meticulously for a year and a half prior to walking down the aisle. I still look back now 4 years later at my own wedding pictures and can remember how I felt waiting to walk down that aisle to my husband. I still get that same butterfly, teary-eyed feeling when I am behind my camera capturing that for my clients. It doesn't get any better than this for a photographer.
I have known Laura for what feels like forever. She and her sister Cathryn were dear friends of my family growing up. The story goes that Laura's Mom met my Mom in our old neighborhood in Dearborn pushing strollers with me and Cathryn as babies and were close friends ever since. As a result Cathryn, Laura, my sister Abby, our brothers, and myself spent a lot of time growing up together. In a way I have always felt that Laura and her family were more like family than friends growing up.
The years went by and we saw each other less as life speeds up and changed. We always kept in touch and through the wonder that is Facebook I realized about 3 months prior to my own wedding 4 years ago that Laura had begun dating Steve, a cousin on my father's side! I invited Steve and his parents along with Laura and her family to my own wedding in June 2008, and seated them at the same table.
Little did I know 4 years later I would be photographing their own wedding. Life has a crazy, wonderful way of working itself out, doesn't it?
Laura and Steve's day was beautiful. It was evident in every moment of the day how much each one of them adores the other and appreciates them for all they are. As I was photographing the bride and groom separately prior to their ceremony their thoughts were not on the flowers, the music, or anxiety that something wouldn't go right that day. There thoughts were always on each other, wondering how the other was doing, were they nervous, were they okay? I reassured each of them that their other half was thinking of them the same exact way and that they each were anxious and happy to walk down that aisle. I teared up many times during the ceremony for many reasons. I always have considered Laura a little sister of sorts and it was serendipitous in a way that I could share in her and Steve's day and their happiness by being their wedding photographer.
As I stood in the back of that church photographing a wedding where I personally knew and cared for both the bride and groom was an awesome feeling. Thank you Laura and Steve for taking a chance with me and my business and letting me capture your wonderful wedding day. I know great things are in store for you, and I can't wait to see what unfolds next in your great love story.
Much love and best wishes always in your marriage, Sarah <3
Here is their wedding day slideshow. Enjoy and please leave a comment for the newlyweds :)
Ceremony: St. Anne's Chapel - Grosse Ile, Michigan Reception: TV's Grand Event Banquet Center - Trenton, Michigan DJ: Encore Wedding DJ's - https://www.facebook.com/michiganweddingdj
