My heartwork

"The departure of our boys to foreign parts with the ever-present possibility that they might never return, taught the real value of photography to every father and mother. To many a mother, the photograh of her boy in his country's uniform was the one never failing consolation."

~Louis Fabian Bachrach

When I was thinking about what I wanted to accomplish this year...one thing kept coming back to me.

I want to give and I want that gift to make a difference.

I have been very active in a couple different volunteer venues, but with my heart now closely tied to the military...I was drawn to that cause by an organization called Operation Love Reunited.

OpLove is a group of photographers from all over with one goal: to help those in our Military and their families with the difficult transition of being deployed or to celebrate with them in the homecoming of their heros.

Each photographer works on a volunteer basis and provides, at their own cost, a session with the family and an album that is delivered to the military loved one while stationed overseas. If it is a hero that is coming home, an album is also given so that time of the homecoming can also be remembered.

If you or someone you know could benefit from this program, then I urge you to visit their website http://www.oplove.org/ and contact a photographer in your area.

For those that are serving and those caring for the home while your hero is away - I thank you.