With all my heart, I will miss seeing you here Shannon, you were a pillar of strength and faith on this world and your family's belief in our Lord and Savior Jesus was and is still a beautiful testament to The Truth of the Gospel, and that we live not for this life, but for the life to come.

To live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Our hope in the Lord will sustain us all while we grieve.
You are whole now with no more pain or sickness.

I started the Remember My Love Project in hopes to bless the families I work with with beautiful photographs, although, in turn, you'll never know how much the love and faith that your family has exhibited during the duration of your illness has moved me to change in my own heart toward God and the way I want to live my own life. I know you have touched many many lives here and all over the country.

With Love,

Kimberly

We will miss you Dee Dee... I love you and your family, thanks for letting me be a part of your life for a brief moment in time, and thank you for the big hugs that you gave me the night before you peacefully left. I am so glad you loved your photos and that Shelia and Angel and Doug will cherish them now while they are only for a time separated from you. You will always be in my heart! 10 10 5 5

Dee Dee

Dee Dee, Shelia, Angel and Doug, I had a great time spending the evening laughing and enjoying your company. It was great to meet you all and I know these pictures will be treasures for a live time. Who wouldn't love these? !

God Provides

God has provided...

I haven't been very successful at raising money at this point because my 501 c 3 is still pending.

This is a true lesson to me that if God has a plan, he will see it through.

I won a 20 x 24 canvas at a conference FREE!!!

and Yesterday I got an e-mail from Pictage telling me they are giving a willow book away to all their members so that we can have a sample book... FREE!!!

(exactly the two products I had planned to provide the families of Remember My Love)

So I now have a Canvas and a Book to give to the Dodds!!!!!!

They have both been ordered and soon will arrive!!

I am so thankful and feel so blessed that this has happened!

Praise God!

When the 501 c 3 comes through, watch the blog to get the announcement for the up and coming party of the century!!!

It will have art for sale and good music and great h'orderves!!!

Looking forward to sharing this wonderful project with all of you!

I am so pleased from the bottom of my heart to announce the beginning of "Remember My Love." This organization was started to only bless people and their families. I never expected to start a nonprofit growing up, all I knew was I loved to create and make art in all shapes and forms, but there was always this part of my heart that called out in the darkness..."Is this all there is...how is art going to bless other's lives and to help them?" Soon my longings to do something meaningful to help people with my talents became a clear vision of what to do. As of now I am taking it one step at a time, one day at a time and one family at a time.

Thanks to God who aligned the stars to meet the right people at the right time. Thanks Dr. Podnos at Duke Cancer Center for being such a great support in getting this started. And thank you to the Cancer staff at Duke Hospital for all your interest in getting this off the ground.

Also, Thank you dear Shannon for sharing parts of your life with me and letting me use your images here on the new blog.


This whole idea for "Remember My Love " stems from my own experience of the loss of my own mother to Cancer in 1974. I didn't know her memory, yet I remembered her love which stayed with me forever. I didn't have very many photographs of her and I together, but what little I do have I cherish. They are a window into her expressions, the look in her eyes and her love.(my mother in high school)




Now, I feel privileged that God would use me in this way, and honored to share the time with these beautiful families to provide for them photographs that will impact their lives forever in a positive and meaningful way.

Now, it turns out that this organization is also already blessing artists as well. I am overwhelmed with how many photographers have told me that they want to be apart of this.

I didn't know it, but there are so many of you out there like me, an artist with a yearning to help others and not really sure how to do that with the talents that God has given you and the passions that you behold in your heart. Now, I am committed to helping other photographers and artists as well to give. I used to think I didn't have the resources to give, but now I have been proven wrong.

My goal in 2009-10 is to start a conference to help educate artists and photographers in how to do just that, not to leave their skills but to use them to make an impact on this world for the better, and love with passion what they do.