well, it only took three months since we first talked about doing some family photos, but we finally did it! we coordinated our schedules and i spent the morning of October 5 tuesday morning photographing my very good friends, hannah and will and their almost three year old, sophie -an adorable and full of life toddler!
when we were heading to the photo session location, hannah was commenting on sophie's love of running. she runs everywhere, all the time. at one point during the photo session when hannah and i were walking together, and will was running alongside sophie trying to keep up to her fast little legs, hannah pointed in soph's direction and said "cross country runner, right here." i believe that a person's interests and passions develop as early as childhood, and grow and blossom into life long passions when the people who share life with and love the child encourage those interests, nurturing them and gently guiding them along in life.
i came home from the photo session thinking about the movie "chariots of fire," based upon the life of eric liddel - a christiam missionary who delayed his missionary work in order to compete in the 1924 olympics. in the movie, liddel famously asserts: "I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure." i wonder if this is how sophie feels when she is running! she will grow up to discover the wonderful ways God made her and the purposes to which she is suited, but i think perhaps that she may already be in the know about some things, feeling God's pleasure as she runs and plays and cleans.... and i love that hannah and will encouraged sophie and gave her opportunity during our photo session to run!
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