Wordless Wednesday

#RedBalloonsforRyan

Today, as I checked my instagram feed I saw that several people within the blogging community were sharing these pictures of a beautiful, fiery red-haired, little boy. A smile that I could just hear the giggles coming from even though I had never actually heard them before in my life graced my dashboard. In fact, up until this morning I had never seen him, or read his mother’s blog. However, all of these posts were asking for support. For prayer and words of encouragement as these two parents grieved for the loss of their precious baby boy. They asked the readers and followers to wear red, to release red balloons, or just share words of comfort for the family. So I will, and now I pass this on to you. 

To read more about this story please visit Alissa Circle's blog, Diary of an Addict. If you would like to help the Saldana family by making a donation you can go here, or through this blog directly. To make a purchase in Ryan's honor, with proceeds going to the family, you can go here, or find a list of other stores here. Alissa has asked that any words of support & prayer spread through social media be tagged #RedBalloonsforRyan.  

I cannot imagine the pain this family is going through. This story breaks my heart, and I couldn't possibly put into eloquent enough words the pain I feel for them. Instead, I'll just put them in my prayers tonight. I'll wear red tomorrow, and I'll do something to pay it forward in honor of Ryan, the wonderful little light, gone far too soon.  


p.s. The photos of the family were taken from Jacqui's instagram (Ryan's mom). You can click the pictures for the source. The #redballoonsforryan banner was taken from a repost on instagram, so I am not sure who originally created it. 

Family Portraits

On Easter, our lovely and talented cousin Taylor graciously accepted my request to take a few family pictures with her camera because mine was being a butt. Instead of quickly grabbing a few "snapshots", she decided to go all out, and gave us a little mini-photo session. Unfortunately, Emery hardly wanted to cooperate, so we ended up with only a handful of good ones. Still, I'm truly thankful for our cousin who took the time out of her day to give me these lovely memories. Here's a little sneak peak at what we got:

These are "rough cuts" which means that they are originals. The only thing added was the tag. I know that Taylor plans on applying filters, and I can't wait to get those in! :)