Alice Rouse Photo

Wish me luck picking favorites from this session with a favorite return client!!

Are you all ready to hype up !? This woman right here is living the highest of highs while fighting a chronic disease and being a mom to two littles. I have known Rachel since she hired me for her first artist session 5 years ago! I’ve watched her persist and grow through having children and a lupus diagnosis. Now she is about to launch a massive (literally, these are huge paintings) body of work but her disease has landed her back in the hospital. I hope you all can take a few moments to visit her profile, check out her website and give her some love (maybe even buy a piece!?). Rachel is one of the people I think of when I’m looking for internal strength. With my own new skin cancer diagnosis (mild but still requiring surgery) I can find myself feeling really negative. But then I think of women in my life who grab life by the freaking reigns and PERSIST. Rachel, I hope you see this my friend and know that I not only look up to you but I’m rallying all of the energy and sending it your way. 💪😘

I love the raw moments this family allows me to document. I’ve photographed them for several years and that lasting relationship is such a gift. 🎁