Today is Grandparents Day - Kerrville Photographer

On my wedding day, I had all three of my grandparents and three of my husbands. I wore my grandmothers earrings and diamond pendant. I took portraits with each one and enjoyed the joyful day with my entire family from my childhood.

As of today, both my husband and I only have two left out of the six. We lost one of his grandmothers in 2013, and then the other 3 in 2015. My two grandmothers were 2 months apart from passing. 2015 was the year my daughter was born, she came a month after my last grandmother passed away. Her birth was about the only good thing from 2015. Yes, I was pregnant when both my grandmothers died.

So today, is a hard day for me. I'm thankful that I still have one grandfather and my husbands grandfather to spend time with and for each of them get to know our daughter. I would have loved for all four grandmothers to meet her. But for some reason God, had a different plan, even though I'll never understand it, I have faith that it happened for a reason.

Grandparents know how to make a kid feel special. And mine were no different. I'm thankful that my daughter has all four grandparents to love her and to most importantly, to teach her things that I can not. For those are the memories, I hold dear about my own grandparents. From learning how to "fold" instead of stir to throwing a softball, my grandparents taught me things that have stuck with me my entire life.

So I'll leave with this, I do have a few photos of each other one of them, but we, as a family never got around to getting professional images done. And it's one of my biggest regrets. It's saddens because I know I tell my clients to get those portraits done and then I dropped the ball with my own family. But now, I'm speaking from experience, to please schedule something with them, even if it's just a mini session.

One day it will be all you have.