{miss ruby- a generation session}

rebecca contacted me over 6months ago

to try to schedule a generation session.

her children, her mom & her precious grandmother, miss ruby.

miss ruby has been sick & in and out of the hospital

so getting a date on the calender was tricky.

we had already rescheduled due to yucky weather.

that sunday i was so hopeful that our rare springlike weather in january

would hold on a little bit longer...even if for just an afternoon for this priceless session.

i was to come to miss ruby's home.

we would take as many as she felt like, needing to put back on her oxygen canula

several times.

bless her, if she wasn't the cutest great-grandmother

& just LIT up when she smiled.

the above image is in my top 10 personal favorite images.

how many of us wish our children had a glorious snapshot with one of the great grandparents!!

the next day rebecca let me know that miss ruby had taken a fall

& was in the hospital.

later that week she would develop pneumonia.

i think miss ruby is still in the hospital.

rebecca thank you for the privilege of photographing your family

& for allowing me to meet the very special miss ruby.

i asked rebecca if i could share a little bit about her grandmother...

in her words...

"Her name is Ruby Opal, and she's everything That a Grandma should be. 

There wasn't anything she couldn't bake, and she made holidays so special for all of us. She never rested always up doing something. She raised 4 children, and like I said, has 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren who adore her! 

Her health has been getting a lot worse lately, which is why these pictures are so important to me. But even with her health the way it is, she always tries to put everyone else first. The last time she was in the hospital, she was more worried about whether I had eaten yet and wanted me to have her dinner.
On Saturdays I take her grocery shopping if she's up to it, and we always stop for a donut.
She truly means the world to me!"

Proverbs 16:31  “Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.”